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\name{Calibration}
\alias{Calibration}
\title{Forecast Calibration}
\usage{
Calibration(
  exp,
  obs,
  cal.method = "mse_min",
  eval.method = "leave-one-out",
  multi.model = F,
  na.fill = T,
  ncores = 1
)
}
\arguments{
\item{exp}{an array containing the seasonal forecast experiment data.}

\item{obs}{an array containing the observed data.}

\item{cal.method}{is the calibration method used, can be either \code{bias}, \code{evmos}, \code{mse_min} or \code{crps_min}. Default value is \code{mse_min}.}

\item{eval.method}{is the sampling method used, can be either \code{in-sample} or \code{leave-one-out}. Default value is the \code{leave-one-out} cross validation.}

\item{multi.model}{is a boolean that is used only for the \code{mse_min} method. If multi-model ensembles or ensembles of different sizes are used, it must be set to \code{TRUE}. By default it is \code{FALSE}. Differences between the two approaches are generally small but may become large when using small ensemble sizes. Using multi.model when the calibration method is \code{bias}, \code{evmos} or \code{crps_min} will not affect the result.}

\item{na.fill}{is a boolean that indicates what happens in case calibration is not possible or will yield unreliable results. This happens when three or less forecasts-observation pairs are available to perform the training phase of the calibration. By default \code{na.fill} is set to true such that NA values will be returned. If \code{na.fill} is set to false, the uncorrected data will be returned.}

\item{ncores}{is an integer that indicates the number of cores for parallel computations using multiApply function. The default value is one.}
}
\value{
an array containing the calibrated forecasts with the same dimensions as the \code{exp} array.
}
\description{
Four types of member-by-member bias correction can be performed. The \code{bias} method corrects the bias only, the \code{evmos} method applies a variance inflation technique to ensure the correction of the bias and the correspondence of variance between forecast and observation (Van Schaeybroeck and Vannitsem, 2011). The ensemble calibration methods \code{"mse_min"} and \code{"crps_min"} correct the bias, the overall forecast variance and the ensemble spread as described in Doblas-Reyes et al. (2005) and Van Schaeybroeck and Vannitsem (2015), respectively. While the \code{"mse_min"} method minimizes a constrained mean-squared error using three parameters, the \code{"crps_min"} method features four parameters and minimizes the Continuous Ranked Probability Score (CRPS).

Both in-sample or our out-of-sample (leave-one-out cross validation) calibration are possible.
}
\references{
Doblas-Reyes F.J, Hagedorn R, Palmer T.N. The rationale behind the success of multi-model ensembles in seasonal forecasting-II calibration and combination. Tellus A. 2005;57:234-252. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00104.x

Van Schaeybroeck, B., & Vannitsem, S. (2011). Post-processing through linear regression. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 18(2), 147. doi:10.5194/npg-18-147-2011

Van Schaeybroeck, B., & Vannitsem, S. (2015). Ensemble post-processing using member-by-member approaches: theoretical aspects. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141(688), 807-818.  doi:10.1002/qj.2397
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{CST_Load}}
}
\author{
Verónica Torralba, \email{veronica.torralba@bsc.es}

Bert Van Schaeybroeck, \email{bertvs@meteo.be}
}