Incorporating TOMS ozone measurements into the prediction of the Washington, D.C., winter storm during 24-25 January 2000

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 797-812

  Jang, Kun Il ^a   Zou, X ^a   De Pondeca, M S F V ^b   Shapiro, M ^c   Davis, C ^d   Krueger, A ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NCEP EMC 5830 University Research Court   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOSONDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEAN POTENTIAL VORTICITY (MPV);

OZONE;

FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PREDICTION; STORM; TOTAL OZONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038606474     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0797:ITOMIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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