The impact of aircraft data on an Atlantic cyclone analyzed in terms of sensitivities and trajectories

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-83

  Pouponneau, Béatrice ^a   Ayrault, Franck ^a   Bergot, Thierry ^a   Joly, Alain ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; TRAJECTORIES; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIRCRAFT DATA;

STORMS;

ALGORITHM; CYCLOGENESIS; FORECASTING METHOD; TRACKING;

EID: 0033079639     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0067:TIOADO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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