Comparison of 10-m wind forecasts from a regional area model and QuikSCAT scatterometer wind observations over the Mediterranean Sea

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1945-1960

  Accadia, Christophe ^a   Zecchetto, Stefano ^b   Lavagnini, Alfredo ^b   Speranza, Antonio ^c  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS; WIND STRESS;

WIND FORECAST; WIND STRENGTH;

WIND;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OROGRAPHY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34249695388     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3370.1     Document Type: Article

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