Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
Tropical Storm Edouard.
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Figure 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 Edouard synoptic surveillance mission.
Figure 1b.
Track forecast improvements for the GFS and GFDL
models for the the Tropical Storm Edouard synoptic surveillance mission.
(a)
(b)
Figure 2.
Forecast errors for the landfall of Tropical Storm Edouard
near Ormond Beach, FL, in the (a) cross- and (b) along-track directions
for the no dropwindsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs
for the GFS and GFDL models.
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