Toward improved prediction of mesoscale convective system dissipation

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 856-872

  Gale, Joseph J ^a   Gallus Jr, William A ^a   Jungbluth, Karl A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

STABLE ENVIRONMENTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DISSIPATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

(CENTRAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036693850     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<0856:TIPOMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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