Effects of Synoptic Surveillance on model forecasts for
Hurricane Gabrielle.
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| September 13, 2001 |
| September 14, 2001 |
| September 15, 2001 |
| September 13, 2001 | 18 Z | |||||
| September 14, 2001 | 00 Z | 06 Z | 12 Z | 18 Z | ||
| September 15, 2001 | 00 Z | 06 Z | 12 Z | 18 Z | ||
| September 16, 2001 | 00 Z | 06 Z | 12 Z | 18 Z |
Figure 1a. Track forecast errors for the no dropwindsonde (NO or NN) and the all dropwindsonde (AL) runs for the AVN, GFDL, and VBAR models for three Tropical Storm Gabrielle synoptic surveillance missions.
Figure 1b. Track forecast improvements for the AVN, GFDL, and VBAR models for the three Tropical Storm Gabrielle synoptic surveillance missions.
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Figure 2. Figure 2. Forecast errors for the landfall of Tropical Storm Gabrielle at Venice, 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 AVN, GFDL, and VBAR models.
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