Analysis and prediction of a squall line observed during IHOP using multiple WSR-88D observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2364-2388

  Sun, Juanzhen ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; STORMS;

CASE STUDIES; DOPPLER; NEXT-GENERATION WEATHER RADAR; SQUALL LINES;

RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 52149124522     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2205.1     Document Type: Article

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