Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
Hurricane Katrina.
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 Katrina synoptic surveillance missions.
Fig 1b.
Track forecast improvements for the GFS and GFDL models for the
Hurricane Katrina synoptic surveillance missions.
(a)
(b)
Fig 2.
Forecast errors for the landfall of Hurricane Katrina at Broward/Miami-Dade
County line 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 Katrina at Buras, 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 4.
Forecast errors for the landfall of Hurricane Katrina at Louisianna/Mississippi
border 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.