The prediction of Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone extended life cycles by the ECMWF ensemble and deterministic prediction systems. Part I: Tropical cyclone stage

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 5091-5114

  Hodges, Kevin I ^a   Emerton, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Ensembles; Forecast verification skill; Forecasting; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; LOCATION; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WIND;

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLES; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN BASIN; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84957836830     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00385.1     Document Type: Article

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