Sensitivity of forecast rainfall in a Texas convective system to soil moisture and convective parameterization

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 509-525

  Gallus Jr , William A ^a   Segal, Moti ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FORECAST RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034292492     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2000)015<0509:SOFRIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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