Short-term ice accretion forecasts for electric utilities using the weather research and forecasting model and a modified precipitation-type algorithm

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 838-853

  DeGaetano, Arthur T ^a   Belcher, Brian N ^a   Spier, Pamela L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEMS; FORECAST IMPROVEMENTS; FREEZING RAINS; GRID POINTS; HINDCASTS; ICE ACCRETIONS; ICE THICKNESS; ICING EVENTS; INPUT PARAMETERS; MODEL INITIALIZATIONS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; OBSERVED DATUM; SEPARATE ALGORITHMS; STORM IMPACTS; THERMAL PROFILES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND SPEED;

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ICE; RAIN; STORMS;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA PROCESSING; HINDCASTING; ICE THICKNESS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 65549133630     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2006106.1     Document Type: Article

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