Map D-phase real-time demonstration of weather forecast quality in the alpine region

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1321-1336

  Rotach, Mathias W ^a,u   Paolo, Ambrosetti ^a   Ament, Felix ^b   Appenzeller, Christof ^a   Arpagaus, Marco ^a   Bauer, Hans Stefan ^c   Behrendt, Andreas ^c   Bouttier, François ^d   Buzzi, Andrea ^e   Corazza, Matteo ^f   Davolio, Silvio ^e   Denhard, Michael ^g   Dorninger, Manfred ^h   Fontannaz, Lionel ^a   Frick, Jacqueline ⁱ   Fundel, Felix ^a   Germann, U R S ^a   Gorgas, Theresa ^h   Hegg, Christoph ⁱ   Hering, Alessandro ^a   Keil, Christian ^j   Liniger, Mark A ^a   Marsigli, Chiara ^k   Mctaggart Cowan, R O N ^l   Montaini, Andrea ^k   Mylne, K E N ^m   Ranzi, Roberto ⁿ   Richard, Evelyne ^o   Rossa, Andrea ^p   Santos Muñoz, Daniel ^q   Schär, Christoph ^r   Seity, Yann ^d   Staudinger, Michael ^s   Stoll, Marco ^a   Volkert, Hans ^j   Walser, Andre ^a   Wang, Yong ^s   Werhahn, Johannes ^t   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^c   Zappa, Massimiliano ⁱ   more..

^a Federal Office for Meteorology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^g DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^k ARPA SIM   (Italy)

^l ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^m MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^p ARPAV   (Italy)

^q AEMET   (Spain)

^r ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^s ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^t KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^u FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; CENTRAL FACILITIES; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; DECISION MAKERS; END USERS; FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM; FORECAST MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; OPERATIONAL COUPLING; WARNING PROCEDURES; WEATHER FORECASTS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 70450170364     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2776.1     Document Type: Article

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