Objective analysis of tropical cyclone location and motion from high-density observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2406-2421

  Kepert, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

CYCLONE CENTER; CYCLONE LOCATION; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

METEOROLOGY;

MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 24944519852     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2980.1     Document Type: Article

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