Categorical Forecasts

Categorical forecast verification uses forecast and observation pairs based on threshold criteria.  A variety of statistical measures are computed.

 

Measures            

Range

Optimal

Forecast Type

POD

0 to 1

1

Deterministic

POFD

0 to 1

0

Deterministic

FAR

0 to 1

0

Deterministic

CSI

0 to 1

1

Deterministic

Bias

0 to ∞

1

Deterministic

Brier's Score

0 to 1

0

Probabilistic

Ranked Probability Score (RPS)

0 to ∞

0

Probabilistic

Normalized RPS

0 to 1

0

Probabilistic

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