The Impact of Omega Dropwindsondes on Operational Hurricane Track Forecast Models

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 925-933

  Burpee, Robert W ^a,c   Franklin, James L ^a   Lord, Stephen J ^b   Tuleya, Robert E ^c   Aberson, Sim D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE TRACK FORECAST; MODEL; OMEGA DROPWINDSONDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0030424564     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0925:TIOODO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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