Large forecast degradations due to synoptic surveillance during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3138-3150

  Aberson, Sim D ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMPLEX DATA; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECASTING SYSTEMS; MODEL INITIAL CONDITIONS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; SHORT TIME; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; SYSTEM FAILURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE; MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 53249084348     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2192.1     Document Type: Article

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