Developing tools for nowcasting storm severity

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 540-558

  Roberts, Rita D ^a   Burgess, Danald ^b   Meister, Matthew ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KRDO TV News 13   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSOR DATA FUSION; THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES; WIND;

NOWCASTING; STORM SEVERITY; WARNING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NOWCASTING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 33748526827     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF930.1     Document Type: Article

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