Hurricane track prediction using a statistical ensemble of numerical models

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 749-770

  Weber, Harry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; MAPPING; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANE TRACK PREDICTION;

HURRICANES;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0037983877     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0749:HTPUAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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