Verification methods
Continuous System
Mean Absolute Error
Bias
Mean Error
Root Mean Squared Error
Reduction of Variance
Correlation Coefficient
Categorical System
Threat Score
Equitable Threat Score
Bias
Probability of Detection
False Alarm Ratio
Heidke Skill Score
Subjective
Probabilistic Systems
Briar Score and Briar Skill score
Attributes diagrams
Ranked probability score
Some definitions are available at http://iri.ldgo.columbia.edu/outreach/education/ForecastTerm others from the HPC homepage
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