Model-generated predictions of dry thunderstorm potential

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 605-614

  Rorig, Miriam L ^a,d   McKay, Steven J ^a,c   Ferguson, Sue A ^a   Werth, Paul ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Northwest Interagency Coordination Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHTNING; PROBABILITY; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH MESOSCALE MODEL; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; DRY THUNDERSTORMS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

ALGORITHM; LIGHTNING; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 34250313640     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2482.1     Document Type: Article

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