The general observation period 2007 within the priority program on quantitative precipitation forecasting: Concept and first results

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 849-866

  Crewell, Susanne ^a   Mech, Mario ^a   Reinhardt, Thorsten ^a   Selbach, Christoph ^a   Betz, Hans Dieter ^b   Brocard, Emanuel ^c   Dick, Galina ^d   O'Connor, Ewan ^e   Fischer, Jürgen ^f   Hanisch, Thomas ^g   Hauf, Thomas ^h   Hünerbein, Anja ^f   Delobbe, Laurent ⁱ   Mathes, Armin ^j   Peters, Gerhard ^k   Wernli, Heini ^l   Wiegner, Matthias ^b   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^h LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

ⁱ ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^l JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; IN-SITU; LARGE DATA; MODEL EVALUATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; SPATIAL SCALE; WATER CYCLE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 63449084256     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0336     Document Type: Article

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