Effects of moist convection on mesoscale predictability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1173-1185

  Zhang, Fuqing ^a   Snyder, Chris ^b   Rotunno, Richard ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MESOSCALE PREDICTIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SNOWSTORM;

EID: 0038656650     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1173:EOMCOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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