The impact of multispectral GOES-8 wind information on Atlantic tropical cyclone track forecasts in 1995. Part II: NOGAPS forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1219-1227

  Goerss, James S ^a,c   Velden, Christopher S ^b   Hawkins, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GOES-8; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECAST;

EID: 0031688634     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1219:TIOMGW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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