The impact of observations on Mesoscale Model forecasts of three-hourly rainfall accumulations

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-203

  Anderson, S R ^a   Graham, R J ^a   Bader, M J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY APPROACH; CASE-STUDIES; DATA IMPACT; MESO-SCALE MODELING; MODEL FORECASTS; PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SURFACE DATA;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0007950716     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482700001614     Document Type: Article

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