Cloud predictions diagnosed from mesoscale weather model forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2465-2483

  Norquist, Donald C ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Offutt AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION;

EID: 0033384921     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2465:CPDFMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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