Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone intensity forecast methods used at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, PART II: Statistical-dynamical forecasts

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

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

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

STIPS;

EID: 67650699748     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.5801.002     Document Type: Article

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