Assimilation of radar precipitation data in NWP models - A review

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere

Volumn 25, Issue 10-12, 2000, Pages 1233-1235

  Gregorc G ^a   Macpherson, B ^b   Rossa, A ^c   Haase, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033781296     PISSN: 14641909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00185-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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