The Role of Inner-Core Moisture in Tropical Cyclone Predictability and Practical Forecast Skill

Errors in tropical cyclone intensity forecasts are dominated by initial-condition errors out to at least a few days. Initialization errors are usually thought of in terms of position and intensity, but here it is shown that growth of intensity error is at least as sensitive to the specification of i...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Fuqing (Author), Emanuel, Kerry Andrew (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Lorenz Center (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2018-04-05T15:39:44Z.
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