The thunderstorm interactive forecast system: Turning automated thunderstorm tracks into severe weather warnings

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-72

  Bally, John ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPS; METEOROLOGY; RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS;

METEOGRAMS; TRACKING TECHNIQUES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM; WARNING SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1642269078     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0064:TTIFST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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