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  1. Centro Meteorologico di Teolo, ARPA Veneto, Italy

    Andrea Rossa

  2. Meteorological Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland

    Pertti Nurmi

  3. Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

    Elizabeth Ebert

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    Silas Michaelides

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Rossa, A., Nurmi, P., Ebert, E. (2008). Overview of methods for the verification of quantitative precipitation forecasts. In: Michaelides, S. (eds) Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0_16

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