Observed versus GCM-generated local tropical cyclone frequency: Comparisons using a spatial lattice

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8257-8268

  Strazzo, Sarah ^a   Elsner, James B ^a   Larow, Timothy ^a   Halperin, Daniel J ^a   Zhao, Ming ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Model comparison; Model evaluation performance; Tropics

Indexed keywords

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; LATTICE APPROACHES; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84886258231     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00808.1     Document Type: Article

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