The impact of positive-definite moisture transport on NWP precipitation forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 488-494

  Skamarock, William C ^a   Weisman, Morris L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS REDUCTIONS; FORECAST MODELS; MODEL FORMULATIONS; MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; POSITIVE BIAS; PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; PRECIPITATION THRESHOLDS; SURFACE PRECIPITATIONS; TRANSPORT SCHEMES;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WEATHER FORECASTING;

MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MODELING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 64149109408     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2583.1     Document Type: Article

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