Effects of moist convection on hurricane predictability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1944-1961

  Zhang, Fuqing ^a   Sippel, Jason A ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; COLD POOL; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE FEATURES; MOIST CONVECTION; PREDICTABILITY LIMIT; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL DISTURBANCES; UNOBSERVABLE;

RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HURRICANE EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLD POOL; CYCLOGENESIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 69949163592     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2824.1     Document Type: Article

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