An intraseasonal prediction model of atlantic and east Pacific tropical cyclone genesis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1925-1942

  Slade, Stephanie A ^a   Maloney, Eric D ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Hurricanes typhoons; Madden Julian oscillation; Short range prediction; Statistical forecasting; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ENSO; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SHORT-RANGE PREDICTIONS; STATISTICAL FORECASTING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLOGENESIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOSTATISTICS; HINDCASTING; HURRICANE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84880155246     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00268.1     Document Type: Article

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