The next generation of NWP: Explicit forecasts of convection using the weather research and forecasting (WRF) model

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 110-117

  Done, James ^a   Davis, Christopher A ^b   Weisman, Morris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast verification; Mesoscale; Mesoscale convective system; Model resolution; WRF model

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 28944448519     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.72     Document Type: Article

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