Using meteorology probability forecasts in operational hydrology

Simplifies atmospheric predictions enabling lay persons to make derivative forecasts immediately, and allowing scientists and engineers to predict weather-dependent phenomena to assess the risks associated with decisions in the construction and operation phases of water resource planning. This method uses probabilistic meteorology forecasts over different time scales, time periods, spatial domains, and meteorology variables. The author is a research hydrologist at Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Department of Commerce. He is also associate editor of the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)