Comparison of model forecast skill of sea level pressure along the east and west coasts of the United States

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 843-854

  Wedam, Garrett B ^a   McMurdie, Lynn A ^a   Mass, Clifford F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD SEASON; EAST COAST; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST ACCURACY; FORECAST ERRORS; GAIN INSIGHT; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODEL; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NONHYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE MODELS; NORTH AMERICAN; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WEST COAST;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; ERRORS; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA LEVEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949177928     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222161.1     Document Type: Article

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