A simplified dynamical system for tropical cyclone intensity prediction

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-82

  DeMaria, Mark ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; FREE PARAMETERS; GLOBAL MODELS; INTENSITY PREDICTIONS; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC GROWTHS; MODEL SOLUTIONS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PHASE SPACES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SINGLE VALUES; STATISTICAL HURRICANE INTENSITY PREDICTION SCHEMES; SURFACE WINDS; TIME DEPENDENTS; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITIES; UPPER BOUNDS; VERTICAL SHEARS; WIND DECAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEAWATER; SHIPS; STORMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SURFACE WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 64149095077     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2513.1     Document Type: Article

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