The Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS), storm-scale numerical weather prediction and data assimilation

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 139-170

  Xue, Ming ^a   Wang, Donghai ^a   Gao, Jidong ^a   Brewster, Keith ^a   Droegemeier, Kelvin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344898900     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-001-0595-6     Document Type: Article

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