Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
Hurricane Eugene.
QuickTime movie of DLM wind analyses
QuickTime movie of DLM wind data initial increments
| August 12, 1999 | 18 Z | |||
| August 13, 1999 | 00 Z * | 06 Z | 12 Z | |
| * Synoptic surveillance nominal times | ||||
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 Eugene synoptic surveillance mission.
Figure 1b.
Track forecast improvements for the GFS and GFDL
models for the the Hurricane Bret synoptic surveillance mission.
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