CFS Prediction of winter persistent inversions in the intermountain region

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1211-1218

  Gillies, Robert R ^a   Wang, Shih Yu ^a   Yoon, Jin Ho ^b,c   Weaver, Scott ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Forecasting; Inversions; Operational forecasting; Seasonal effects

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; HINDCASTS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; LEAD TIME; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SALT LAKE CITY; SEASONAL EFFECTS; TIME SPAN; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; GEOPOTENTIAL; HINDCASTING; MOUNTAIN REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77955579023     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222419.1     Document Type: Article

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