Sea breeze thunderstorms in the eastern Iberian Peninsula. Neighborhood verification of HIRLAM and HARMONIE precipitation forecasts

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-115

  Azorin Molina, Cesar ^a   Tijm, Sander ^b   Ebert, Elizabeth E ^c   Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Estrela, María J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HARMONIE; HIRLAM; Iberian Peninsula; Neighborhood verification; Operational forecasting; Sea breeze thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

HARMONIE; HIRLAM; IBERIAN PENINSULA; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SEA BREEZE;

HYDRAULICS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; SEA BREEZE; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84893354696     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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