The impact of satellite-derived atmospheric motion vectors on mesoscale forecasts over Hawaii

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2009-2020

  Cherubini, Tiziana ^a,b   Businger, S ^a   Velden, C ^c   Ogasawara, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Subaru Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTORS; TROPOSPHERIC MOTIONS; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; CLOUD; CYCLONE; GOES; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746925578     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3163.1     Document Type: Article

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