Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
16 September 2004 1200 UTC
Ivan.
Quicktime movie of AVN DLM wind model
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Quicktime movie of DLM wind data
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Figure 1. NCEP 850 - 200 hPa mean wind analysis for 16 September 2004 1200 UTC (Hurricane Ivan).
Figure 2. Track forecasts for the no dropwindsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the AVN and GFDL models initialized on 16 September 2004 1200 UTC.
Figure 3. Initial condition differences in the 850 - 200 hPa mean wind between the no and all dropwindsonde cases for 16 September 2004 1200 UTC.
