Forecasting for hot-air balloons and airships in the midlands of England

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-362

  Galvin, J F P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; BALLOONS; WIND;

COMPUTER MODELS; ENGLAND; FORECAST ACCURACY; HOT AIR BALLOONS; LOW WIND SPEED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0042206018     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482799001292     Document Type: Article

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