Feasibility study for downscaling seasonal tropical cyclone activity using the NCEP Regional Spectral Model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-325

  Camargo, Suzana J ^a   Li, Huilan ^a   Sun, Liqiang ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Regional climate models; Seasonal forecasts; Tropical cyclones; Typhoons; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY (ACE); ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (AGCM); NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) REGIONAL SPECTRAL MODEL (RSM);

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DOWNSCALING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33947515920     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1400     Document Type: Article

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