Selective ensemble-mean technique for tropical cyclone track forecast by using ensemble prediction systems

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 680, 2014, Pages 805-813

  Qi, Liangbo ^a   Yu, Hui ^a   Chen, Peiyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction system; Ensemble mean technique; Track forecast; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DETERMINISTIC MODELING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE-MEAN TECHNIQUE; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CHINA; EUROPE; JAPAN;

EID: 84899479888     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2196     Document Type: Article

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