Corrigendum to Predictability of tropical cyclone intensity evaluated through 5-yr forecasts with a convection-permitting regional-scale model in the Atlantic basin. [Wea. Forecasting, 29 (2014) 1003-1023] DOI:10.1175/WAF-D-13-00085.1;Predictability of tropical cyclone intensity evaluated through 5-yr forecasts with a convection-permitting regional-scale model in the atlantic basin

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1003-1023

  Zhang, Yunji ^a,b   Meng, Zhiyong ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^b   Weng, Yonghui ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HURRICANE PREDICTION; INTENSITY PREDICTION; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; PREDICTION ACCURACY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; HINDCASTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84905026914     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-14-00103.1     Document Type: Erratum

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