Scale-dependent analyses of precipitation forecasts and cloud properties using the Dynamic State Index

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 813-825

  Claussnitzer, Antje ^a   Névir, Peter ^a   Langer, Ines ^a   Reimer, Eberhard ^a   Cubasch, Ulrich ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ACTIVITY INDEX; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD TYPES; CONVECTIVE CELL; DYNAMIC STATE; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; FILAMENT-LIKE STRUCTURES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; RAINBANDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WEATHER SERVICES; WINTER STORMS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; INDEX METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINBAND; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 63449103983     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0346     Document Type: Article

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