Objective prediction of severe thunderstorm environments: Preliminary results linking a decision tree with an operational regional NWP model

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1078-1092

  Mills, G A ^a   Colquhoun, J R ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; THERMODYNAMICS; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES;

DECISION TREE; SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENVIRONMENTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

PREDICTION; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032419487     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<1078:OPOSTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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