Using an intensity-scale technique to assess the added benefit of high-resolution model precipitation forecasts

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 36-42

  Mittermaier, Marion P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NWP; Precipitation; Radar rainfall; Scale decomposition; Verification

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33745212449     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.127     Document Type: Article

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