Applications of radar-based nowcasting techniques for mesoscale weather forecasting in Hong Kong

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-264

  Li, P W ^a   Lai, Edwin S T ^a  

^a HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXTRAPOLATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; TRACKING RADAR;

ACCUMULATED RAINFALL; DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM; LOCAL ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXTREME EVENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOAA SATELLITE; NOWCASTING; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SOFTWARE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 7244229676     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482704001331     Document Type: Article

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