Double trouble for typhoon forecasters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Peng, Melinda S ^a   Reynolds, Carolyn A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

REMOTE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE PREDICTIONS; TYPHOON FORECASTERS; WEATHER FORECAST MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLONE; FORECASTING METHOD; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 16344379082     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021680     Document Type: Article

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