Gridpoint predictions of high temperature from a mesoscale model

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-110

  Stensrud, David J ^a   Skindlov, Jon A ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SALT RIVER PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECASTING; MESOSCALE GRIDPOINT MODELLING; WEATHER MODELLING;

EID: 0030455490     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0103:GPOHTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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