The international best track archive for climate stewardship (IBTrACS)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-376

  Knapp, Kenneth R ^a   Kruk, Michael C ^b   Levinson, David H ^a   Diamond, Howard J ^a   Neumann, Charles J ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STG Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; IN-PROCESS; INHOMOGENEITIES; OPERATING PROCEDURES; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; STEPPING STONE; STORM TRACK; TRACK DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECASTING; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY;

HURRICANES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

EID: 77951573931     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2755.1     Document Type: Article

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