Quality control of weather data during extreme events

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-197

  You, Jinsheng ^a   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD EFFECTS; DATA PROCESSING; DROUGHT; FLOODS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

COLD FRONTS; FLAGGING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLD EFFECTS; DATA PROCESSING; DROUGHT; FLOODS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXTREME EVENT; QUALITY CONTROL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33645297383     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1851.1     Document Type: Article

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