Cort James Willmott

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Cort James Willmott

Mathematics

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Applied Mathematics

#226

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#251

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Statistics

#616

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#697

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Measure Theory

#1391

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#1744

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Mathematics

Cort James Willmott's Degrees

PhD Statistics Stanford University
Masters Applied Mathematics University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Mathematics University of California, Berkeley

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Cort James Willmott's Published Works

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Advantages of the mean absolute error (MAE) over the root mean square error (RMSE) in assessing average model performance (2005) (3324)
Some Comments on the Evaluation of Model Performance (1982) (3251)
ON THE VALIDATION OF MODELS (1981) (3101)
Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models (1985) (1797)
Mean seasonal and spatial variability in gauge‐corrected, global precipitation (1990) (1520)
A refined index of model performance (2012) (950)
Mean seasonal and spatial variability in global surface air temperature (1990) (622)
Climatology of the terrestrial seasonal water cycle (1985) (497)
On the Evaluation of Model Performance in Physical Geography (1984) (457)
Uncertainties in Precipitation and Their Impacts on Runoff Estimates (2004) (392)
Smart Interpolation of Annually Averaged Air Temperature in the United States (1995) (385)
Small-Scale Climate Maps: A Sensitivity Analysis of Some Common Assumptions Associated with Grid-Point Interpolation and Contouring (1985) (369)
CLIMATOLOGICALLY AIDED INTERPOLATION (CAI) OF TERRESTRIAL AIR TEMPERATURE (1995) (333)
On the use of dimensioned measures of error to evaluate the performance of spatial interpolators (2006) (204)
A More Rational Climatic Moisture Index (1992) (188)
An Empirical Method for the Spatial Interpolation of Monthly Precipitation within California (1980) (180)
Ambiguities inherent in sums-of-squares-based error statistics (2009) (164)
Spatial statistics and models (1984) (162)
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT‐EXTRACTABLE WATER CAPACITY OF SOIL (1996) (152)
Geography in America (1989) (104)
Analyzing the discharge regime of a large tropical river through remote sensing, ground-based climatic data, and modeling (1996) (102)
Analyzing the discharge regime of a large tropical river through remote sensing, ground‐based climatic data, and modeling (1996) (97)
On the climatic optimization of the tilt and azimuth of flat-plate solar collectors (1982) (97)
Estimating continental and terrestrial precipitation averages from rain-gauge networks (1994) (91)
Evaluation of trends in derived snowfall and rainfall across Eurasia and linkages with discharge to the Arctic Ocean (2006) (75)
Vector Correlation: Review, Exposition, and Geographic Application (1992) (72)
Geography in America at the dawn of the 21st century (2004) (68)
WATBUG: a FORTRAN IV Algorithm for Calculating the Climatic Water Budget (1977) (65)
Assessment of three dimensionless measures of model performance (2015) (62)
P-mode principal components analysis, grouping and precipitation regions in California (1978) (57)
Influence of spatially variable instrument networks on climatic averages (1991) (54)
COMPARISON OF APPROACHES FOR ESTIMATING TIME-AVERAGED PRECIPITATION USING DATA FROM THE USA (1996) (37)
Changes in Annual Land-Surface Precipitation Over the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century (2010) (35)
Rising estimates of terrestrial and global precipitation (1991) (28)
Trends in hemispheric warm and cold anomalies (2014) (27)
The composite nature of physical geography (2014) (25)
A component analytic approach to precipitation regionalization in California (1976) (25)
Solar climates of the conterminous united states: A preliminary investigation (1980) (24)
Global Distribution of Plant-Extractable Water Capacity of Soil (Dunne) (2000) (23)
SYNOPTIC WEATHER‐MAP CLASSIFICATION: CORRELATION VERSUS SUMS‐OF‐SQUARES* (1987) (21)
A comparison of GCM-simulated and observed mean January and July precipitation (1992) (21)
Principal components of the surface wind field in the United States: a comparison of analyses based upon wind velocity, direction, and speed (1989) (20)
Resolution errors associated with gridded precipitation fields (2005) (19)
Seasonal and interannual variability in atmospheric turbidity over South Africa (2001) (18)
CLIMATOLOGY: THE CHALLENGE FOR THE EIGHTIES (1980) (17)
Geographic Box Plots (2007) (17)
Terrestrial Water Budget Data Archive (1990) (16)
A Comparison of GCM-simulated and Observed Mean January and July Surface Air Temperature (1993) (16)
Winter Air Temperature Change over the Terrestrial Arctic, 1961–1990 (2003) (15)
Climate and Other Models May Be More Accurate Than Reported (2017) (15)
Influence of soil moisture and surface roughness heterogeneity on modeled climate (1994) (13)
Simulating the surface energy budget over the Konza Prairie with a mesoscale model (1997) (12)
Influence of heterogeneous land surfaces on surface energy and mass fluxes (1997) (12)
Solar irradiance on flat-plate collectors in urban environments (1984) (9)
Interpolation of Point Values From Isoline Maps (1986) (9)
On the design of an interactive biosphere for the GLAS general circulation model (1983) (6)
Evaluating the Terrestrial Water Balance from the Historical Climate Record (1995) (5)
A comparative evaluation of principal components-based and information theory methods of precipitation regionalization (1983) (4)
PHYSICAL AND BOUNDARY-LAYER CLIMATOLOGY (1991) (4)
Comments On “Evaluating The Similarity Of Geographic Flows” (1985) (4)
Reply To Comments By Chakravarti And Barry On “Climatology: The Challenge For The Eighties” (1981) (2)
A strategy to study regional hydrology and terrestrial ecosystem processes using satellite remote sensing, ground-based data and computer modeling (1991) (2)
LBA Regional Climate Data, 0.5-Degree Grid, 1960-1990 (Willmott and Webber) (2003) (1)
Comments on “Community among Geographers” (1989) (1)
Assessing the Scale-Dependence of the Effects of Deforestation on the Regional Hydrological Cycle in the Amazon Basin (2002) (0)
ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH GRIDDED PRECIPITATION FIELDS (2005) (0)
A climatically-derived global soil moisture data set for use in the GLAS atmospheric circulation model seasonal cycle experiment (1984) (0)
Estimating Monthly Precipitation Over the Tropical Land Surface From Raingage Records (2001) (0)
John Russell Mather, 1923–2003 (2006) (0)
An Integrated System for Water Budget Closure Over the Pan-Tropical Land Mass: A TRMM Validation Effort (2001) (0)
Radiation Climates in the Conterminous United States. (1977) (0)
Climatologies of Precipitation, Temperature and Derived Soil Moisture (1983) (0)
Decomposition of the mean absolute error (MAE) into systematic and unsystematic components (2023) (0)

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