Impact of stochastic convection on ensemble forecasts of tropical cyclone development

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 620-626

  Snyder, Andrew ^a   Pu, Zhaoxia ^a   Reynolds, Carolyn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective parameterization; Ensembles; Field experiments; Model comparison; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; ENSEMBLES; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; MODEL COMPARISON; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; HURRICANES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79953212269     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3341.1     Document Type: Article

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