Extended prediction of North Indian Ocean tropical cyclones

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 757-769

  Belanger, James I ^a   Webster, Peter J ^a   Curry, Judith A ^a   Jelinek, Mark T ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; HURRICANES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; FALSE ALARM RATE; HIGH PROBABILITY; LEADTIME; NORTH INDIAN OCEANS; TRACK ERRORS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84868313110     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00083.1     Document Type: Article

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