Nowcasting of 1-h precipitation using radar and NWP data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 200-211

  Sokol, Zbynek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Nowcasting; Precipitation forecast; Radar; Regression models

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; REGRESSION MODELS;

METEOROLOGY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746866752     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.12.023     Document Type: Article

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