The 5-9 February 1996 flooding event over the Pacific Northwest: Sensitivity studies and evaluation of the MM5 precipitation forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 593-617

  Colle, Brian A ^a   Mass, Clifford F ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034055560     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0593:TFFEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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