Anthropogenic moisture effects on WRF summertime surface temperature and mixing ratio forecast skill in Southern California

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1522-1536

  Coleman, Rich F ^a   Drake, James F ^a   McAtee, Michael D ^a   Belsma, Leslie O ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Forecasting; Moisture; Summer warm season; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; DOMESTIC WATER USE; LOS ANGELES BASIN; MESOSCALE FORECASTS; MESOSCALE MODEL; MIXING RATIOS; MOISTURE EFFECTS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SUMMER MONTHS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO SOURCES; WARM TEMPERATURES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; RESEARCH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER SUPPLY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COOLING; DATABASE; ENTHALPY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIXING RATIO; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING BIAS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149353775     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222384.1     Document Type: Article

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