Sensitivity of feature-based analysis methods of storm tracks to the form of backgraound field removal

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 565-573

  Anderson, David ^a   Hodges, Kevin I ^a   Hoskins, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HIGH PASS FILTERS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WEATHER SYSTEMS;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CLIMATE MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLANETARY WAVE; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0042925684     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0565:SOFBAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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