Statistical-dynamical predictions of seasonal North Atlantic hurricane activity

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1070-1082

  Vecchi, Gabriel A ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a,b   Wang, Hui ^a,c   Villarini, Gabriele ^d,e   Rosati, Anthony ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a   Held, Isaac M ^a   Gudgel, Richard ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Hurricanes; North Atlantic Ocean; Sea surface temperature; Seasonal cycle; Statistical forecasting

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL MODEL; DYNAMICAL PREDICTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL TROPICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; HURRICANE FORECASTING; MODEL SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PREVIOUS YEAR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CYCLE; STATISTICAL FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODELING; STATISTICAL MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79955164874     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3499.1     Document Type: Article

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