A revised hurricane pressure-wind model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3432-3445

  Holland, Greg ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICAL CYCLONES; WIND MODELING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING BIAS; SURFACE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 53649105731     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2395.1     Document Type: Article

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