Accuracy of Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone intensity forecast guidance

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 747-762

  Elsberry, Russell L ^a   Lambert, Tara D B ^a   Boothe, Mark A ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; INTERPOLATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLONE INTENSITY; TROPICAL STORM;

STORMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 38849104298     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF1015.1     Document Type: Article

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