The variability and predictability of axisymmetric hurricanes in statistical equilibrium

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 993-1005

  Hakim, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL STRUCTURES; INVERSE MODELING; PREDICTABILITY LIMIT; REPLACEMENT CYCLES; STATISTICAL EQUILIBRIUM; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; STORMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; HURRICANE; ROSSBY WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 84877656102     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0188.1     Document Type: Article

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