Three-dimensional visualization of ensemble weather forecasts - Part 2: Forecasting warm conveyor belt situations for aircraft-based field campaigns

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2355-2377

  Rautenhaus, M ^a   Grams, C M ^b   Schafler A ^c   Westermann, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EUROPE;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 84938525559     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2355-2015     Document Type: Article

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