MM5 ensemble mean precipitation forecasts in the Taiwan area for three early summer convective (mei-yu) seasons

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 735-750

  Chien, Fang Ching ^a   Jou, Ben Jong Dao ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ENSEMBLE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 4444259430     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0735:MEMPFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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