Performance of weather forecast models in the rescue of Dr. Ronald Shemenski from the South Pole in April 2001

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-160

  Monaghan, Andrew J ^a   Bromwich, David H ^a   Wei, He Lin ^a   Cayette, Arthur M ^b   Powers, Jordan G ^c   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^c   Lazzara, Matthew A ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

WIND SPEED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037645987     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0142:POWFMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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