The impact of high-frequency surface weather observations on short-term probabilistic forecasts of ceiling and visibility

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-156

  Leyton, Stephen M ^a   Fritsch, J Michael ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISIBILITY;

FORECASTING SYSTEMS; SURFACE WEATHER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342268044     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0145:TIOHSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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