An assessment of the quality of forecast trajectories

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1319-1331

  Stunder, Barbara J B ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST TRAJECTORY; NESTED GRID MODEL; REFERENCE METEOROLOGY; TRAJECTORY; WIND FIELD;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030431089     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1319:AAOTQO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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