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-<p>Thomas, R. Q., Boettiger, C., Carey, C. C., Dietze, M. C., Johnson, L. R., Kenney, M. A., et al.&nbsp;(2023). The NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21(3), 112<e2>&lt;80&gt;&lt;93&gt;113. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2616">https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2616</a> <br> <br> We thank NEON for providing the freely available data and the EFI community for feedback on the design of the Challenge. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DEB-1926388. <br> <br> Page last updated on 2024-05-07</e2></p>
+<p>Thomas, R. Q., Boettiger, C., Carey, C. C., Dietze, M. C., Johnson, L. R., Kenney, M. A., et al.&nbsp;(2023). The NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21(3), 112–113. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2616">https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2616</a> <br> <br> We thank NEON for providing the freely available data and the EFI community for feedback on the design of the Challenge. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DEB-1926388. <br> <br> Page last updated on 2024-05-08</p>
 
 
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instructions.html

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 <p>Ensemble (or sample) forecasts use the <code>family</code> value of <code>ensemble</code> and the <code>parameter</code> values are the ensemble index.</p>
-<p>When forecasts using the ensemble family are scored, we assume that the ensemble is a set of equally likely realizations that are sampled from a distribution that is comparable to that of the observations (i.e., no broad adjustments are required to make the ensemble more consistent with observations). This is referred to as a “perfect ensemble” by Br<c3><b6>cker and Smith (2007). Ensemble (or sample) forecasts are transformed to a probability distribution function (e.g., dressed) using the default methods in the <code>scoringRules</code> R package (empirical version of the quantile decomposition for the <code>crps</code>).</b6></c3></p>
+<p>When forecasts using the ensemble family are scored, we assume that the ensemble is a set of equally likely realizations that are sampled from a distribution that is comparable to that of the observations (i.e., no broad adjustments are required to make the ensemble more consistent with observations). This is referred to as a “perfect ensemble” by Bröcker and Smith (2007). Ensemble (or sample) forecasts are transformed to a probability distribution function (e.g., dressed) using the default methods in the <code>scoringRules</code> R package (empirical version of the quantile decomposition for the <code>crps</code>).</p>
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 <p><br> <br> The following table lists all the sites in the NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge. The columns with “theme” names incidate whether that site is included in that theme’s target file.</p>
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