Verification of precipitation forecasts of MM5 model over Epirus, NW Greece, for various convective parameterization schemes

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1393-1405

  Sindosi, O A ^a   Bartzokas, A ^a   Kotroni, V ^b   Lagouvardos, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EPIRUS; GREECE;

EID: 84860821036     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1393-2012     Document Type: Article

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