Adapting the Knaff and Zehr wind-pressure relationship for operational use in tropical cyclone Warning Centres

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-179

  Courtney, Joe ^a   Knaff, John A ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOFTWARE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72549114209     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.5803.002     Document Type: Article

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