Multiresolution ensemble forecasts of an observed tornadic thunderstorm system. Part I: Comparison of coarse- and fine-grid experiments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 807-833

  Kong, Fanyou ^a   Droegemeier, Kelvin K ^a   Hickmon, Nicki L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DEEP CONVECTION; DETERMINISTIC CONTROL FORECAST; MULTIRESOLUTION ENSEMBLE FORECAST; NONHYDROSTATIC NUMERICAL MODEL; NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS; SCALED LAGGED AVERAGE FORECASTING; TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM;

METEOROLOGY;

NUMERICAL MODEL; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33646260702     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3097.1     Document Type: Article

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