Improving QPF by blending techniques at the meteorological service of Catalonia

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1443-1455

  Atencia, A ^a,b   Rigo, T ^a   Sairouni, A ^a   More J ^a   Bech, J ^a   Vilaclara, E ^a   Cunillera, J ^a   Llasat, M C ^b   Garrote, L ^c  

^a Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TRACKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77954500339     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-1443-2010     Document Type: Article

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