Physical initialization and hurricane ensemble forecasts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 503-514

  Krishnamurti, T N ^a   Correa Torres, Ricardo ^a   Rohaly, Greg ^a   Oosterhof, Darlene ^a   Surgi, Naomi ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tropical Prediction Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; RAIN GAGES;

HURRICANE ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PHYSICAL INITIALIZATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; HURRICANE TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031225031     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0503:PIAHEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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