Predictability associated with the downstream impacts of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones: Methodology and a case study of typhoon Nabi (2005)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3205-3225

  Harr, Patrick A ^a   Anwender, Doris ^b   Jones, Sarah C ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM VARIABLES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CASE STUDIES; DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE STANDARD; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; FORECAST INTERVAL; FUZZY CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEIGHT FIELDS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION; NORTH PACIFIC; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

FORECASTING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOPAUSE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 53649101797     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2248.1     Document Type: Article

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