Precipitation assessment of a superensemble forecast over South-East Asia

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-186

  Mahmud, Mastura ^a   Ross, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MICROWAVE SENSORS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TROPICS;

EQUITABLE THREAT SCORE; FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENTS; RAINFALL THRESHOLDS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TRMM; TROPICAL REGION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 22244465568     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482705001660     Document Type: Article

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