The WGNE assessment of short-term quantitative precipitation forecasts

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-492+429

  Ebert, Elizabeth E ^a   Damrath, Ulrich ^b   Wergen, Werner ^b   Baldwin, Michael E ^c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; PATTERN MATCHING; RAIN; TROPICS;

QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS (QPF);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0038707202     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-4-481     Document Type: Review

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