Quantifying and predicting the accuracy of radar-based quantitative precipitation forecasts

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1043-1049

  Fabry, Frédéric ^a   Seed, Alan W ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nowcasting; Quantitative precipitation forecast evaluation; Radar; Rainfall forecast accuracy predictors

Indexed keywords

FORECAST ACCURACY; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; HEAVY RAINFALL; LEADTIME; NOWCAST; NOWCASTING; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST EVALUATION; RADAR DATA; RADAR RAINFALL; RAINFALL FORECAST ACCURACY PREDICTORS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL PATTERNS;

RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349262015     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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