SOME ASPECTS OF OBJECTIVE FORECASTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MOTION

Zhong Yuan

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As shown in a statistical analysis of the relationship between environmental fields at varied timeand tropical cyclone motion, the forecasting ability of the initisl environmental field predictors for tropical cyclone motion decreases with the increase of valid time period of forecast;it is higher with these predictors at a fUture time than at an initial time. The work also indicates that for the tropical cyclone motion over a given period of valid forecast, better predictors appear at times mostly differing from thevalid periods; for periods at 48-120 h the environmental predictors at 48-72 h are more capable of forecasting. With statistical interpretation of NWP products, a predictive model for tropical cyclone motionis superior in performance over a statistical forecasting model that employes predictors of the initial field in the basic framework. The concluding remarks can be used as reference in the construction of an objective prediction model for tropical cyclone motion.

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Zhong Yuan. SOME ASPECTS OF OBJECTIVE FORECASTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MOTION [J]. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 1997, 3(2): 208-214.

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SOME ASPECTS OF OBJECTIVE FORECASTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MOTION

Provincial Institute of Meteorological Sciences of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, 210093

Received Date: 1996-01-09

Rev Recd Date: 1996-09-04

Abstract: As shown in a statistical analysis of the relationship between environmental fields at varied timeand tropical cyclone motion, the forecasting ability of the initisl environmental field predictors for tropical cyclone motion decreases with the increase of valid time period of forecast;it is higher with these predictors at a fUture time than at an initial time. The work also indicates that for the tropical cyclone motion over a given period of valid forecast, better predictors appear at times mostly differing from thevalid periods; for periods at 48-120 h the environmental predictors at 48-72 h are more capable of forecasting. With statistical interpretation of NWP products, a predictive model for tropical cyclone motionis superior in performance over a statistical forecasting model that employes predictors of the initial field in the basic framework. The concluding remarks can be used as reference in the construction of an objective prediction model for tropical cyclone motion.

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