MAP D-PHASE: Real-time demonstration of hydrological ensemble prediction systems

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-87

  Zappa, Massimiliano ^a   Rotach, Mathias W ^b   Arpagaus, Marco ^b   Dorninger, Manfred ^c   Hegg, Christoph ^a   Montani, Andrea ^d   Ranzi, Roberto ^e   Ament, Felix ^b   Germann, Urs ^b   Grossi, Giovanna ^e   Jaun, Simon ^f   Rossa, Andrea ^g   Vogt, Stephan ^h   Walser, André ^b   Wehrhan, Johannes ⁱ   Wunram, Claudia ^j  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ARPA SIM   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^g ARPA Veneto   (Italy)

^h Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Ensemble prediction systems; Flood; Heavy precipitation; MAP D PHASE

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349113849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.183     Document Type: Article

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