Objective identification, typing and tracking of the complete life-cycles of cyclonic features at high spatial resolution

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-381

  Hewson, Tim D ^a   Titley, Helen A ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Ensemble; Forecasting; Frontal wave; Objective front; Post processed product; Vorticity; Windstorm

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; STORMS; VORTICITY;

ENSEMBLE; FRONTAL WAVES; OBJECTIVE FRONT; PROCESSED PRODUCTS; WINDSTORM;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

CYCLONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FRONTAL FEATURE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SEVERE WEATHER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM; TRACKING; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

EID: 77956865316     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.204     Document Type: Article

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