A new assessment of the predictability of tropical cyclone tracks

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3600-3608

  Plu, Matthieu ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Storm tracks; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE TRACKS; ERROR GROWTH; ERROR VALUES; LORENZ METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPERATIONAL MODEL; PREDICTABILITY LIMIT; SERIAL CORRELATION; STORM TRACKS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPPER BOUND;

ERRORS; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STORMS; TROPICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84855768250     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011MWR3627.1     Document Type: Article

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