Detection of tropical cyclone track changes from the ECMWF ensemble prediction system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 797-801

  Tsai, Hsiao Chung ^a   Elsberry, Russell L ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ECMWF Ensemble prediction system; THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE); Tropical cyclone track forecast

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DETERMINISTIC MODELS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; RELIABILITY DEMONSTRATION; THORPEX INTERACTIVE GRAND GLOBAL ENSEMBLE (TIGGE); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; TRACKING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84878192808     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50172     Document Type: Article

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