Minding the Weather : How Expert Forecasters Think /

"This book presents an integration of recent research that reveals the knowledge and reasoning of expert weather forecasters, explaining how they understand and predict the weather. The book also discusses different styles and approaches to forecasting. It summarizes what weather forecasters th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hoffman, Robert R. (Autor), LaDue, Daphne S. (Daphne Sue), 1967- (Autor), Mogil, H. Michael (Autor), Roebber, Paul J. (Paul Joseph) (Autor), Trafton, John Gregory, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Weather forecasting.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Temps (Meteorologie) > Prevision.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • What is the forecasting workplace like?
  • How do people get to be forecasters?
  • How do forecasters describe their reasoning?
  • How well do forecasters perform?
  • What characterizes expertise?
  • How do forecasters get to be expert forecasters?
  • What does research on forecaster knowledge tell us?
  • What does research n forecaster perception tell us?
  • What does research on forecaster reasoning tell us?
  • Can a machine imitate the human?
  • Can a machine replace the human?
  • Forecaster-computer interdependence
  • Prospects.

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