The impact of multispectral GOES-8 wind information on Atlantic tropical cyclone track forecasts in 1995. Part I: Dataset methodology, description, and case analysis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1202-1218

  Velden, Christopher S ^a   Olander, Timothy L ^a   Wanzong, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031692887     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1202:TIOMGW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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