Regime-dependent forecast uncertainty of convective precipitation

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Keil, Christian ^a   Craig, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RADAR DATA; SMALL-SCALE PROCESS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; TIME-SCALES; WEATHER REGIMES;

MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 80051690956     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2011/0219     Document Type: Article

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