Basin Aggregation Assessment

Next we will look at a few verification scores of individual basins within each group to ensure that these grouped basins do show similar characteristics. The scores we will examine are Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Mean Error (ME), and forecast correlation. These graphs and plots are for forecast scenario 4; hydrologic forecasts that include QPF and run time forecast modifications routinely performed by the forecasters.

You may want to keep the summary table from Introduction to Verification of Hydrologic Forecasts handy as a quick reminder of the optimal value and range of scores for each verification measure.

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