1.0 Introduction/Module Goal

Staff gauge in stream in Poland

Welcome to the Techniques in Hydrologic Forecast Verification training module.

The main goal of this module is to demonstrate techniques for constructing hydrologic forecast verification efforts. The techniques will be demonstrated using NWS verification tools, but can be applied to other verification tools as well.

The NWS tools we will focus on are the Interactive Verification Program (IVP) and the Ensemble Verification System (EVS). This module represents the state of these tools as of 2010.

  • Goal: Demonstrate hydrologic forecast verification techniques
    • Using the Interactive Verification Program (IVP)
    • Using the Ensemble Verification System (EVS)