Objective verification of World area forecast centre clear air turbulence forecasts

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-11

  Gill, Philip G ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAT; Clear air turbulence; GADS; ROC; SIGWX; Verification; WAFC

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CIVIL AVIATION; VERIFICATION;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; AVIATION HAZARDS; CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCES; GADS; RELATIVE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SIGWX; VERIFICATION RESULTS; WAFC;

FORECASTING;

AIRCRAFT; DETECTION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84892477934     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1288     Document Type: Article

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