Verification of precipitation forecasts by the DWD limited area model LME over Cyprus

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 133-138

  Savvidou, K ^a   Michaelides, S C ^a   Orphanou, A ^a   Constantinides, P ^a   Schulz, J P ^b   Voigt, U ^b   Savvides, M ^c  

^a Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE;

ASIA; ATHALASSA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; LARNACA; MIDDLE EAST; NICOSIA [CYPRUS]; PAPHOS;

EID: 34247489770     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-10-133-2007     Document Type: Article

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