Explicit cloud-scale models for operational forecasts: A note of caution

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 873-884

  Elmore, Kimberly L ^a   Stensrud, David J ^a   Crawford, Kenneth C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; STORMS;

FORECAST TOOLS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036693863     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<0873:ECSMFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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