Categorical forecasts of convective events using upper air predictors

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-30

  Rezacova, D ^a   Sokol, Z ^a   Pesice, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VECTORS;

CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FORECAST ACCURACY; GROUND DATA; UPPER AIR;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; THUNDERSTORM;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 1542743656     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.5060030103     Document Type: Article

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