Glenn W. Brier Explained
Glenn Brier (April 26, 1913 - January 2, 1998) was an American statistician, weather forecaster and academic.__TOC__
Biography
Brier was born in Woodbridge, Virginia, on April 26, 1913, and died on January 2, 1998.[1] He married Josephine Hartz and had three children: Richard Paul, Katherine and David.[2]
Career
Brier worked for the Office of Meteorological Research of the U.S. Weather Bureau, at the U.S. Department of Commerce, from 1939 up to the 1980s.[3] [4]
Legacy
Brier is best known for creating a scoring rule to measure the accuracy of forecasts, which is known as a Brier score.[5] [6] Because of his work, the score and Brier himself are widely cited by academics related not only to weather-forecasting, but by researchers in several other fields of forecasting, decision science, and various disciplines.[7] [8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Glenn W Brier. AncientFaces. 2023-03-07. 2023-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20230307173128/https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/glenn-w-brier-birth-1913-death-1998/28672898. live.
- Web site: Richard Brier Obituary (1943 - 2022) - Austin, VA - Daily Progress. Legacy.com. 2023-03-10. 2023-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20230310144157/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/richard-brier-obituary?id=35464335. live.
- 0003-0007. 40. 8. 429–433. News and Notes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2023-03-08. 1959. 10.1175/1520-0477-40.8.429. 26245043. 1959BAMS...40..429.. free. 2023-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20230308163436/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26245043. live.
- 0003-0007. 71. 3. 349–351. Brier. Glenn W.. A Historical and Personal Perspective of Model Evaluations in Meteorology. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2023-03-14. 1990. 26227528. 2023-03-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20230314145354/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26227528. live.
- Brier. 1950. Verification of Forecasts Expressed in Terms of Probability. Monthly Weather Review. 78. 1 . 1–3. 10.1175/1520-0493(1950)078<0001:vofeit>2.0.co;2. 1950MWRv...78....1B . https://web.archive.org/web/20171023012737/https://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/078/mwr-078-01-0001.pdf. 2017-10-23.
- Brier. Glenn Wilson. Verification of a forecaster's confidence and the use of probability statements in weather forecasting. Monthly Weather Review. 1944.
- Social Science Research Network. Karger. Ezra. Atanasov. Pavel D.. Philip E. Tetlock. Tetlock. Philip. Improving Judgments of Existential Risk: Better Forecasts, Questions, Explanations, Policies. Rochester, NY. 2022-01-06. 2022-01-05. 4001628.
- Lerch. Sebastian. Thorarinsdottir. Thordis L.. Ravazzolo. Francesco. Gneiting. Tilmann. Forecaster's Dilemma: Extreme Events and Forecast Evaluation. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2015-12-31. 14330. 1512.09244. 2015EGUGA..1714330L.