Prediction of convective morphology in near-cloud-permitting WRF model simulations

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-149

  Snively, Darren V ^a   Gallus, William A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast verification skill; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Short range prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894093459     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-13-00047.1     Document Type: Article

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