High-resolution summer rainfall prediction in the JHWC real-time WRF system

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-353

  Lee, Dong Kyou ^a   Eom, Dae Yong ^a   Kim, Joo Wan ^a   Lee, Jae Bok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diurnal variation of rainfall; KEOP; summer rainfall prediction; WRF model real time operation; WRF 3DVAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956572559     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-010-1003-2     Document Type: Article

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