An overview of the international H2O project (IHOP_2002) and some preliminary highlights

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Weckwerth, Tammy M ^a   Parsons, David B ^a   Koch, Steven E ^b   Moore, James A ^c   LeMone, Margaret A ^a   Demoz, Belay B ^d   Flamant, Cyrille ^e   Geerts, Bart ^f   Wang, Junhong ^a   Feltz, Wayne F ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; FLOODS; HURRICANES; LIGHTNING; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTICAL RADAR; RAIN; TORNADOES; WATER RESOURCES;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS; WATER VAPOR MEASURING SYSTEMS; WIND STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 12144287822     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/bams-85-2-253     Document Type: Review

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