Numerical prediction of a cold-air outbreak: A case study with ensemble forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1538-1550

  Colucci, Stephen J ^a   Baumhefner, David P ^b   Konrad II, Charles E ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; COLD AIR; DIABATIC PROCESS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032710659     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1538:NPOACA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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