Low-wave number analysis of observations and ensemble forecasts to develop metrics for the selection of most realistic members to study multi-scale interactions between the environment and the convective organization of hurricanes: Focus on Rapid Intensification

Svetla M Hristova-Veleva, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Hua Chen, Aptos, CA, United States, Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL, United States and Ziad S Haddad, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States