Operational evaluation of a selective consensus in the Western North Pacific Basin

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 671-675

  Sampson, Charles R ^a   Knaff, John A ^b   Fukada, Edward M ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c Joint Typhoon Warning Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; SYSTEMATIC APPROACH FORECAST AID;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 34447636610     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF991.1     Document Type: Article

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