Storm-scale data assimilation and ensemble forecasting with the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System. Part II: Combined radar and satellite data experiments

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 297-327

  Jones, Thomas A ^a   Knopfmeier, Kent ^a   Wheatley, Dustan ^a   Creager, Gerald ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Palikonda, Rabindra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Data assimilation; Ensembles; Forecasting; Models and modeling; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Short range prediction; Storm tracks; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RADAR; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR; STORMS; TORNADOES;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; SHORT-RANGE PREDICTIONS; STORM TRACK;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; TORNADO; TRACKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84958964077     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-15-0107.1     Document Type: Article

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