Thorpex research and the science of prediction

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 807-830

  Parsons, D B ^a   Beland, M ^b   Burridge, D ^c   Bougeault, P ^d   Brunet, G ^e   Caughey, J ^c   Cavallo, S M ^a   Charron, M ^b   Davies, H C ^f   Diongue Niang, A ^g   Ducrocq, V ^d   Gauthier, P ^h   Hamill, T M ⁱ   Harr, P A ^j   Jones, S C ^k   Langland, R H ^l   Majumdmdar, S J ^m   Mills, B N ^b,n   Moncrieff, M ^o   Nakazawa, T ^c   Paccagnella, T ^p   Rabier, F ^q   Redelsperger, J L ^r   Riedel, C ^a   Saunders, R W ^e   Shapiro, M A ^s   Swinbank, R ^e   Szunyogh, I ^t   Thorncroft, C ^u   Thorpe, A J ^p   Wang, X ^a   Waliser, D ^v   Wernli, H ^f   Toth, Z ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^g Physical Sciences Division   (Senegal)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^j NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^k Hohenpeissenberg Observatory   (Germany)

^l NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^o NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^p Arpa Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^q EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^r Centre Bretagne   (France)

^s EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^t TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^v CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

HIGH IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 85011634029     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00025.1     Document Type: Article

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