An evaluation of Dvorak technique-based tropical cyclone intensity estimates

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1362-1379

  Knaff, John A ^a   Brown, Daniel P ^b   Courtney, Joe ^c   Gallina, Gregory M ^d   Beven, John L ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Satellite observations; Tropical cyclones; Wind

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ATLANTIC BASIN; BIAS CORRECTION; EAST PACIFIC; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH COSTS; IN-SITU; INTENSITY RANGE; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; PRACTICAL ACCURACY; REANALYSIS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; STORM SPEED; TRACK ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION SPEED; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; WIND SPEED;

AIRCRAFT; ERRORS; HURRICANES; SATELLITES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 78149331716     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222375.1     Document Type: Article

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