Targeted observations to improve operational tropical cyclone track forecast guidance

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 8 PART 1, 2003, Pages 1613-1628

  Aberson, Sim D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; JET AIRCRAFT; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

DYNAMICAL MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE; MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 0141571549     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175//2550.1     Document Type: Article

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