NCAR Auto-Nowcast System

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 545-561

  Mueller, C ^a   Saxen, T ^a   Roberts, R ^a   Wilson, J ^a   Betancourt, T ^a   Dettling, S ^a   Oien, N ^a   Yee, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EXTRAPOLATION; FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER CONVERGENCE LINES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; REAL TIME; STORM TRACK; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0141633033     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0545:NAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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