A Sensitivity Study of Hodograph-Based Methods for Estimating Supercell Motion From: Weather and Forecasting | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Doswell, Charles A III; Ramsay, Hamish A | Copyright American Meteorological Society Dec 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Four supercell motion forecast algorithms are investigated with respect to their hodograph-analysis parameters. Another method derived from the data presented herein, the so-called offset method, is used to develop a baseline standard for the aforementioned schemes, using the observed storm motions and the mean wind. It is not a forecast scheme, as it is based on knowing the observed storm motions. This work explores the sensitivity of these algorithms to their arbitrary param...

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