Southern hemisphere tropical cyclone intensity forecast methods used at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Part I: Control forecasts based on climatology and persistence

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Knaff, John A ^a,c   Sampson, Charles R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; LINEARITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 67650694246     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.5801.001     Document Type: Article

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