Dynamics and structure of forecast error covariance in the core of a developing hurricane

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1586-1606

  Poterjoy, Jonathan ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Ensembles; Error analysis; Forecasting; Hurricanes; Kalman filters

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RESOLVING; ENSEMBLES; ERROR COVARIANCES; EULERIAN COORDINATE; FLORIDA; FORECAST ERRORS; HURRICANE INTENSITY; HURRICANE KATRINA; KATRINA; LEADTIME; MODEL RESOLUTION; MODEL STATE; POSITION UNCERTAINTIES; SPATIAL ERRORS; STORM DYNAMICS; STORM STRUCTURE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS; VORTEX CENTERS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ANISOTROPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HURRICANES; STORMS; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HURRICANE; KALMAN FILTER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 80051804204     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3681.1     Document Type: Article

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