An examination of model track forecast errors for hurricane Ike (2008) in the Gulf of Mexico

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 848-867

  Brennan, Michael J ^a   Majumdar, Sharanya J ^b  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Forecast verification; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Operational forecasting; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DATA ASSIMILATION; DYNAMICAL MODEL; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE MODELS; FORECAST ERRORS; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; GULF OF MEXICO; IMPROVED FORECAST; INITIAL STATE; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL MODEL; SHORTWAVE TROUGHS; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; SUBTROPICAL RIDGE; TEXAS COAST; TRACK ERRORS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS;

HURRICANES; TROPICS;

FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; HURRICANE IKE 2008; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; STORM TRACK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355132011     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-10-05053.1     Document Type: Article

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