Changes to the operational "early" eta analysis/forecast system at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 391-413

  Rogers, Eric ^a,c   Black, Thomas L ^a   Deaven, Dennis G ^a   DiMego, Geoffrey J ^a   Zhao, Qingyun ^b   Baldwin, Michael ^b   Junker, Norman W ^c   Lin, Ying ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETA SYSTEM; NCEP; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0030433346     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0391:CTTOEA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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