Seasonal forecasting of tropical storms using the Met Office GloSea5 seasonal forecast system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 691, 2015, Pages 2206-2219

  Camp, J ^a   Roberts, M ^a   Maclachlan, C ^a   Wallace, E ^a   Hermanson, L ^a   Brookshaw, A ^a   Arribas, A ^a   Scaife, A A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Landfall; Seasonal forecasting; Tropical storms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; STORMS; TROPICS;

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGIES; ENSEMBLES; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LANDFALL; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; TROPICAL STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941174692     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2516     Document Type: Article

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