An examination of tropical cyclone position, intensity, and intensity life cycle within atmospheric reanalysis datasets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3453-3475

  Schenkel, Benjamin A ^a   Hart, Robert E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Model evaluation performance; Statistical techniques; Storm tracks; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; COARSE GRID; DATA SETS; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; INTENSITY DIFFERENCE; LIFE SPAN; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; MODEL EVALUATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; PEAK INTENSITY; PRE-PEAK; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WIND PROFILES; WIND SPEED;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING;

DATA SET; DATABASE; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84856968243     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4208.1     Document Type: Article

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