Radar reflectivity-derived thunderstorm parameters applied to storm longevity forecasting

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 289-295

  MacKeen, Pamela L ^a,b   Brooks, H E ^a   Elmore, K L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR REFLECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS;

RADAR REFLECTIVITY; STORM LONGEVITY FORECASTING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; LONG RANGE FORECAST; PREDICTION; RADAR; THUNDERSTORM;

MEMPHIS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033117877     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0289:RRDTPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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