Abstract:Short-range forecasting or nowcasting is based upon the ability of the forecaster to assimilate great quantities of weather data, conceptualize a model of the environment, and extrapolate this forward...Short-range forecasting or nowcasting is based upon the ability of the forecaster to assimilate great quantities of weather data, conceptualize a model of the environment, and extrapolate this forward in time. Frequently this is done just to describe existing conditions, and thus has the term "now-cast" originated. Since the time scales are essentially the same for short-range forecasting and nowcasting (the same processes are used for both), the terms are used here interchangeably.Read More
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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