An update on the NEXRAD program and future WSR-88D support to operations

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-262

  Crum, Timothy D ^a,c   Saffle, Robert E ^a   Wilson, James W ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WSR 88D Operational Support Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting method; Radar; Technological development; United States; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; RADAR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032462746     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0253:AUOTNP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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