Examination of convection-allowing configurations of the WRF model for the prediction of severe convective weather: The SPC/NSSL Spring Program 2004

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-181

  Kain, John S ^a   Weiss, S J ^b   LevIt, J J ^b   Baldwin, M E ^a   Bright, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MODAL ANALYSIS; STORMS;

HUMAN FORECASTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTION; MODEL; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33646389558     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF906.1     Document Type: Article

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