Radar-based precipitation processing for NWS hydrologic forecast services

WRPMD 1999: Preparing for the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Miller, Dennis A ^a   Breidenbach, Jay P ^a   Fulton, Richard A ^a   Seo, Dong Jun ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; NUMERICAL MODELS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CONTROL OPERATIONS; MODEL APPLICATION; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADARS; PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RADAR REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

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EID: 84904701886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40430(1999)239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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