Usability of best track data in climate statistics in the western North Pacific

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2818-2830

  Barcikowska, Monika ^a,b   Feser, Frauke ^a,b   von Storch, Hans ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Trends; Tropical cyclones; Wind

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE STATISTICS; CURRENT INTENSITY; DATA SETS; INTENSITY ESTIMATION; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; POSITION ESTIMATES; TRACK DATA; TRENDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS; WARNING CENTERS; WEATHER SERVICES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND;

ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SCATTEROMETER; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; WIND FIELD;

EID: 84867925938     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00175.1     Document Type: Article

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