Seasonal forecasting of tropical cyclone landfall over Mozambique

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3932-3945

  Vitart, Frédéric ^a   Anderson, David ^a   Stockdale, Tim ^a  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GAUSSIAN GRID SPACING; TROPICAL CYCLONE LANDFALL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; FORECASTING METHOD; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TRAJECTORY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0347286632     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3932:SFOTCL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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