The storm cell identification and tracking algorithm: An enhanced WSR-88D algorithm

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-276

  Johnson, J T ^a   Mackeen, Pamela L ^a,b   Witt, Arthur ^a   Mitchell, E Dewayne ^a,b   Stumpf, Gregory J ^a,b   Eilts, Michael D ^a   Thomas, Kevin W ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algoritum; Forecasting method; Numerical method; Storm; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032453673     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0263:TSCIAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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