Performance of the ECMWF model in forecasting the tracks of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea and parts of the western North Pacific

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-344

  Lam, C C ^a  

^a Hong Kong Space Museum   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TROPICS;

GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HONG KONG OBSERVATORIES; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST; MODEL FORECASTING; RELATIVE VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; OBSERVATORY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0042315394     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482701003097     Document Type: Article

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