Contributions from a local ensemble prediction system (LEPS) for improving fog and flow cloud forecasts at airports

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-52

  Roquelaure, Stevie ^a,b   Bergot, Thierry ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFICS; AIRPORT AUTHORITIES; CLOUD CEILING; CLOUD FORECASTS; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; ECHELLE; ECONOMIC ISSUES; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; LOCAL TIME; LOW-VISIBILITY PROCEDURES; NUMERICAL MODELS; POOR VISIBILITY; WINTER SEASONS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRPORTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; VISIBILITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; CLOUD; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOG; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 65849388514     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222124.1     Document Type: Article

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