R: Calculate the absolute error between forecast and observation

AbsErr {SpecsVerification} | R Documentation

## Calculate the absolute error between forecast and observation

### Description

Calculate the absolute error between forecast and observation

### Usage

    AbsErr(fcst, obs)

### Arguments

`fcst` | a N-vector representing N time instances of real-valued forecasts
`obs` | a N-vector representing N time instances of real-valued observations

### Value

numeric N-vector of absolute errors |fcst - obs|

### See Also

SqErr, ScoreDiff, SkillScore

### Examples

    data(eurotempforecast)
    mean(AbsErr(rowMeans(ens), obs))

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