Inferences of predictability associated with warm season precipitation episodes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2033-2056

  Carbone, R E ^a   Tuttle, J D ^a   Ahijevych, D A ^a   Trier, S B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; THERMAL FORCING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

EID: 0036647310     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<2033:IOPAWW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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