The Met Office Convection Diagnosis Scheme

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-83

  Hand, W H ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; LIFE CYCLE MODEL; MID-LATITUDE CONVECTION; OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

CLOUDS;

AUTOMATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SOFTWARE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345808450     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482702001081     Document Type: Article

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