Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
Hurricane Cindy.
Assessments for each forecast time at
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July 05, 2005
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Fig 1a.
Track forecast errors for the no dropwindsonde (NO or NN) and
the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the GFS and GFDL models for the
Tropical Storm Cindy synoptic surveillance missions.
Fig 1b.
Track forecast improvements for the GFS and GFDL models for the
Tropical Storm Cindy synoptic surveillance missions.
(a)
(b)
Fig 2.
Forecast errors for the landfall of Tropical Storm Cindy at Grand
Isle, LA, in the (a) cross- and (b)along-track directions for the no
dropsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the
GFS and GFDL models.
(a)
(b)
Fig 3.
Forecast errors for the landfall of Tropical Storm Cindy at
Ansley, MS in the (a) cross- and (b)along-track directions for the no
dropsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the
GFS and GFDL models.