On the prediction of trajectory model error

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2945-2957

  Kahl, Jonathan D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Trajectory; Trajectory errors; Trajectory model; Trajectory verification

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ERROR; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

METEOROLOGICAL COMPLEXITY FACTOR; TRAJECTORY ERROR; TRAJECTORY MODEL; WIND FIELD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRAJECTORY MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL COMPLEXITY FACTOR; TRAJECTORY ERRORS; TRAJECTORY VERIFICATION;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0029663027     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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