Atlantic Hurricane Database Uncertainty and Presentation of a New Database Format
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- 25 September 2013
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Monthly Weather Review
- Vol. 141 (10), 3576-3592
- https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-12-00254.1
Abstract
“Best tracks” are National Hurricane Center (NHC) poststorm analyses of the intensity, central pressure, position, and size of Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basin tropical and subtropical cyclones. This paper estimates the uncertainty (average error) for Atlantic basin best track parameters through a survey of the NHC Hurricane Specialists who maintain and update the Atlantic hurricane database. A comparison is then made with a survey conducted over a decade ago to qualitatively assess changes in the uncertainties. Finally, the implications of the uncertainty estimates for NHC analysis and forecast products as well as for the prediction goals of the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program are discussed.Keywords
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