A study of the extratropical reintensification of former Hurricane Earl using Canadian Meteorological Centre regional analyses and ensemble forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1342-1359

  Ma, Suhong ^a   Ritchie, Harold ^b   Gyakum, John ^c   Abraham, Jim ^b   Fogarty, Chris ^b   McTaggart Cowan, Ron ^c  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

THERMAL PERTURBATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HURRICANE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CANADA;

EID: 0043095501     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<1342:ASOTER>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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