Objective estimation of the 24-h probability of tropical cyclone formation

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 456-471

  Schumacher, Andrea B ^a   DeMaria, Mark ^b   Knaff, John A ^b  

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

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; DATA POINTS; DATA SETS; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; FORECAST PROBABILITIES; FORECASTING SYSTEM; INPUT PARAMETER; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NEW PRODUCT; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS; PREDICTION SCHEMES; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; RELATIVE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SKILL SCORE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWO-STEP ALGORITHMS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HURRICANES; INFORMATION SERVICES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORMS; TROPICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

PROBABILITY;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; PROBABILITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 69949130219     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2007109.1     Document Type: Article

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