Passive-microwave-enhanced statistical hurricane intensity prediction scheme

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 613-635

  Jones, Thomas A ^a   Cecil, Daniel ^a   DeMaria, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE PREDICTORS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL HURRICANE INTENSITY PREDICTION SCHEME (SHIPS);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HURRICANE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33748544954     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF941.1     Document Type: Article

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