The nowcasting of precipitation during Sydney 2000: An appraisal of the QPF algorithms

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-21

  Pierce, C E ^a   Ebert, E ^b   Seed, A W ^b   Sleigh, M ^c   Collier, C G ^c   Fox, N I ^c,d   Donaldson, N ^e   Wilson, J W ^f   Roberts, R ^f   Mueller, C K ^f  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EXTRAPOLATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESEARCH; STATISTICAL METHODS;

QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION NOWCASTING (QPN);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; FORECASTING METHOD; NOWCASTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 12144288859     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0007:TNOPDS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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