Predictability of precipitation from continental radar images. Part III: Operational nowcasting implementation (MAPLE)

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-248

  Turner, Barry J ^a   Zawadzki, I ^a   Germann, U ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MeteoSvizzera ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EXTRAPOLATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ECHO TRACKING; RAINFALL RATES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 1342278189     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0231:POPFCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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