The effect of spaceborne microwave and ground-based continuous lightning measurements on forecasts of the 1998 groundhog day storm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1809-1833

  Chang, D E ^a   Weinman, J A ^a   Morales, C A ^a   Olson, W S ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; VAPORS;

LIGHTNING DISTRIBUTIONS;

STORMS;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0035419039     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1809:TEOSMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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