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Assessing forecasting models on prediction of the tropical cyclone Dineo and the associated rainfall over Botswana [1]

The tropical cyclone Dineo made landfall over southern Mozambique on 15 February 2017. It weakened to a remnant low on 17 February, which hit Botswana on the same day and triggered heavy rainfall that resulted in flooding over the country. This study assesses the performance of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast System (GFS) and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) models in forecasting the locations and intensity of the tropical cyclone and its remnant low, the associated cloud cover and rainfall over Botswana.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
Oliver Moses [3], Samuel Ramotonto [4]
Weather and Climate Extremes [5]
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Tags:
Cyclones [6], Rainfall Pattern [7], Weather Predictions [8], Botswana [9], Africa [10], Remote Sensing [11]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/assessing-forecasting-models-prediction-tropical-cyclone-dineo-and-associated
[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094717300609
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/oliver-moses
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/samuel-ramotonto
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/weather-and-climate-extremes
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cyclones
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/weather-predictions
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/botswana
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing