Validation of NWP mesoscale models with Swiss GPS network AGNES

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-150

  Guerova, Guergana ^a   Brockmann, E ^b   Quiby, J ^c   Schubiger, F ^c   Matzler, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Office of Topography   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MESOSCALE MODELS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; GPS; RADIOSONDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0141650503     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0141:VONMMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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