Whither the weather analysis and forecasting process?

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 520-529

  Bosart, Lance F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

HUMAN FORECASTERS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FUTURE PROSPECT; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0041620598     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)18<520:WTWAAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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