A consensus track forecast for southern hemisphere tropical cyclones

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-119

  Sampson, Charles R ^a   Goerss, James S ^a   Schrader, Ann J ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 24744444690     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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