Value of real-time vegetation fraction to forecasts of severe convection in high-resolution models

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-210

  James, Kenneth A ^a   Stensrud, David J ^a   Yussouf, Nusrat ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; IMPROVED FORECAST; NEAR-REAL TIME; OPERATIONAL FORECASTERS; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS; VEGETATION FRACTIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

VEGETATION;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REAL TIME; SEVERE WEATHER; VEGETATION INDEX; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65849391373     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2007097.1     Document Type: Article

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