Ensemble Forecasting of Hurricane Tracks

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2785-2795

  Zhang, Z ^a   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECAST; HURRICANE TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0031403425     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<2785:EFOHT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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