Toward a mesoscale observation network in Southeast Asia

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-488

  Koh, Tieh Yong ^a   Teo, Chee Kiat ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; CONVECTIVE WEATHER; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; MESOSCALE OBSERVATION; MULTI SENSOR; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; QUALITY OF DATA; REGIONAL COORDINATION; REMOTE SENSORS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEATHER OBSERVATIONS; WEATHER RADARS; WEATHER RESEARCH;

REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SENSOR NETWORKS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68949199783     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2561.1     Document Type: Article

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