The Role of Inner-Core Moisture in Tropical Cyclone Predictability and Practical Forecast Skill
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Zhang, Fuqing
Emanuel, Kerry Andrew
Date Issued
July 2017
Journal
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
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American Meteorological Society
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Emanuel, Kerry and Fuqing Zhang. “The Role of Inner-Core Moisture in Tropical Cyclone Predictability and Practical Forecast Skill.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 74, 7 (July 2017): 2315–2324 © 2017 American Meteorological Society
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Abstract
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 inner-core moisture as to that of the wind field. Implications of this finding for tropical cyclone observational strategies and for overall predictability of storm intensity are discussed.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Lorenz Center (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0008.1
