Enabling high-resolution forecasting of severe weather and flooding events in Rio de Janeiro

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Treinish, L A ^a   Praino, A P ^a   Cipriani, J P ^a   Mello, U T ^b   Mantripragada, K ^b   Villa Real, L C ^b   Sesini, P A ^b   Saxena, V ^c   George, T ^b   Mittal, R ^c  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IBM RESEARCH INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METROPOLITAN AREA; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; OPERATIONAL PREDICTIONS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; WATER ACCUMULATION;

FLOODS; STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84884931371     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 21518556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/JRD.2013.2263414     Document Type: Article

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