ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING DIFFICULT CASES OF TROPICAL CYCLONE TRACK FORECASTS

作者：Linus Magnusson,James D.Doyle,William A.Komaromi,Ryan D.Torn,Chi Kit Tang,Johnny C.L.Chan,Munehiko Yamaguchi,Fuqing Zhang

摘要：Although tropical cyclone track forecast errors have substantially decreased in recent decades,there are still cases each season with large uncertainties in the forecasts and/or very large track errors.As such cases are challenging for forecasters,it is important to understand the mechanisms behind the low predictability.For this purpose the research community has developed a number of tools.These tools include ensemble and adjoint sensitivity models,ensemble perturbation experiments and nudging experiments.In this report we discuss definitions of difficult cases for tropical cyclone track forecasts,diagnostic techniques to understand sources of errors,lessons learnt in recent years and recommendations for future work.

发文机构：European Centre for Medium range Weather Forecasts Marine Meteorology Division Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences School of Energy and Environment Meteorological Research Institute Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

关键词：TROPICALCYCLONESFORECASTbustsPREDICTABILITYENSEMBLEsensitivityADJOINTmodelling

分类号： P457.8[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]