Operational ensemble cloud model forecasts: Some preliminary results

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 953-964

  Elmore, Kimberly L ^a   Weiss, Steven J ^b   Banacos, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0344036141     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0953:OECMFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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