Dynamics and predictability of Hurricane Nadine (2012) evaluated through convection-permitting ensemble analysis and forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4514-4532

  Munsell, Erin B ^a   Sippel, Jason A ^b,c   Braun, Scott A ^d   Weng, Yonghui ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IM Systems Group   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation dynamics; Data assimilation; Ensembles; Forecasting; Hurricanes; Models and modeling; Numerical weather prediction forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ENSEMBLES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84949818405     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00358.1     Document Type: Article

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