Long-term evaluation of COSMO forecasting using combined observational data of the GOP period

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-132

  Böhme, Tim ^a   Stapelberg, Stefan ^b   Akkermans, Tom ^a   Crewell, Susanne ^c   Fischer, Jürgen ^b   Reinhardt, Thorsten ^c,d   Seifert, Axel ^e   Selbach, Christoph ^c   Lipzig, Nicole Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d Amt für Geoinformationswesen der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; COSMO MODEL; DATA SETS; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; LONG-TERM EVALUATION; MODEL OUTPUTS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; ROUTINE VERIFICATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SUMMER SEASON; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WATER CYCLE; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER SERVICES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER VAPOR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 80051691294     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2011/0225     Document Type: Article

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