solarforecastarbiter.metrics.event.probability_of_detection

solarforecastarbiter.metrics.event.probability_of_detection(obs, fx)[source]

Probability of Detection (POD).

\[\text{POD} = \text{TP} / (\text{TP} + \text{FN})\]
Parameters:
  • obs ((n,) array-like) – Observed event values (True=event, False=no event).
  • fx ((n,) array-like) – Forecasted event values (True=event, False=no event).
Returns:

pod (float) – The POD of the forecast.

Raises:

RuntimeError – If there is no forecast or observation timeseries data, or the forecast and observation timeseries data do not have the same length.