A water vapour flux tool for precipitation forecasting

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-94

  Neiman, Paul J ^a   White, Allen B ^a   Ralph, F Martin ^a   Gottas, Daniel J ^b   Gutman, Seth I ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology water resource; Research development; Weather

Indexed keywords

BULK TRANSPORT; BULK WATER; COLD FRONT; EXTREME EVENTS; GAUGE NETWORK; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; HEAVY RAINFALL; LOW LEVEL JET; MAXIMUM CORRELATIONS; NEW TOOLS; PRECIPITATION ENHANCEMENT; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; REAL-TIME DIAGNOSTICS; UPSLOPE FLOWS; WATER VAPOUR; WEATHER; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND-PROFILING RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAVY WATER; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RESEARCH; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATER VAPOR;

FLOODING; GPS; MOUNTAIN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 70350444985     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2009.162.2.83     Document Type: Article

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