Abstract (eng)
Sometimes, it is essential to review and quantify services provided, whether for moral or economic reasons. Especially the latter is very important, as it may ensure that either money is saved or even earned. Such review is termed verification and is, of course, also used in meteorology. Due to the fact that such verification is often influenced subjectively, an exact procedure is required if the verification should yield useful results. These results may then be used to trace possible errors, and accordingly increase performance or achieve an optimisation. Especially in times of automated forecasts and increasing requirements, such verification gains in importance.
This document verifies and interprets students’ performance at the Vienna University’s Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics. Besides conventional parameters being used (such as the general error), forecasts will be compared to suitable reference forecasts. Particular attention will be paid to MOS forecasts - the so-called automated point forecasts (in this document for Vienna) - in order to finally attempt to answer the all-important question: man or machine?