Short range forecast of convective rain using satellite data

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 565-570

  Wagner, Jochen ^a,b   Becker, Ralf ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBABILITY; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; METEOSAT; PROBABILITY; RADAR; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 36248980437     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2007/0207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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