Predicting the movement of mesoscale convective complexes

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Corfidi, S F ^a   Merritt, J H ^a   Fritsch, J M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MESOSCALE PREDICTION; RAINFALL;

EID: 0029674236     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0041:PTMOMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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