High resolution forecasting for wind energy applications using Bayesian model averaging

Jennifer F. Courtney; Peter Lynch; Conor Sweeney

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19669

High resolution forecasting for wind energy applications using Bayesian model averaging

Tellus

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Jennifer F. Courtney, Peter Lynch and Conor Sweeney

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|Dec 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19669 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 19669 - 19669

Submitted on: Sep 4, 2012

Accepted on: Jan 11, 2013

Published on: Dec 1, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

ensemble forecasting,

BMA,

calibration,

probability distribution,

verification

© 2013 Jennifer F. Courtney, Peter Lynch, Conor Sweeney, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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