Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
Hurricane Emily.
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
Hurricane Emily synoptic surveillance missions.
Fig 1b.
Track forecast improvements for the GFS and GFDL models for the
Hurricane Emily synoptic surveillance missions.
(a)
(b)
Fig 2.
Forecast errors for the landfall of Hurricane Emily at Tulum, Mexico
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 Hurricane Emily at San Fermando,
Mexico 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.