Sensitivity analysis of convection of the 24 May 2002 IHOP case using very large ensembles

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 192-207

  Martin, William J ^a   Xue, Ming ^b  

^a Ctr for Anal/Prediction of Storms   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMS; VAPORS; WIND;

CONVECTIVE INITIATION; CONVECTIVE STORM; MESOSCALE MODEL; MODEL FORECAST RAINFALL; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; SOIL MOISTURE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644770529     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/11768012_21     Document Type: Article

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