26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Session 14A: Tropical cyclone intensity change III: Statistical-Dynamical Models

Thursday, 6 May 2004: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Le Jardin Room (Deauville Beach Resort)
Chair:  Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC
Papers:
  1:30 PM
An introduction to the statistical typhoon intensity prediction scheme (STIPS)
John A. Knaff, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria and C. R. Sampson

  1:45 PM
Near real time global optimum interpolated microwave SSTs: applications to hurricane intensity forecasting
Chelle Gentemann, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and M. DeMaria and F. J. Wentz

  2:30 PM
Rapid intensification predictors associated with major tropical cyclones
Kevin T. Law, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

  2:45 PM
Hurricane intensity forecasting with neural networks
Michael G. McGauley, University of Miami, Miami, FL

  3:00 PM
Upper air information and neural networks to estimate hurricane intensity
Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and A. Veneros

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