Course Content
- The Extreme Forecast Index (EFI) and the Shift Of Tail (SOT) index
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The Extreme Forecast Index (EFI) and the Shift Of Tail (SOT) index
The EFI provides specialised forecast guidance for anomalous, extreme, or severe weather events. In this lesson you will learn how EFI, SOT and Model Climate are built, and how they relate to one another.
Last updated: 4 December 2025
Fundamentals
Certification not available
25 minutes
Single module
What you'll learn
- How the Extreme Forecast Index (EFI) and the Shift Of Tail (SOT) index and Model Climate (M-climate) are built, and how they relate to one another.
- Limitations of these methods
- Case studies
Prerequisites
- Experience in meteorology and forecasting
- Basic statistics (probability distributions)