Using initial condition and model physics perturbations in short-range ensemble simulations of mesoscale convective systems

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 7 I, 2000, Pages 2077-2107

  Stensrud, David J ^a   Bao, Jian Wen ^b   Warner, Thomas T ^c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Coop Inst Res in Environ Sci ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033825565     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2077:UICAMP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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