Quantitative precipitation forecast using radar echo extrapolation

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 328-334

  Novák, Petr ^a   Březková, Lucie ^a   Frolík, Petr ^a  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hydrological modeling; Nowcasting; Quantitative precipitation forecast; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION METHODS; FLOOD EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RADAR ECHO; SEVERE STORMS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; WEATHER RADAR;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RADAR TRACKING; STORMS; TRACKING RADAR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; ECHO SOUNDER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 67349115327     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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