Effects of the Representation of Convection on the Modelling of Hurricane Tomas (2010)

Table 3

Difference (km) between observed and simulated tracks of Hurricane Tomas every six hours from 00UTC on 4 November to 18UTC on 5 November 2010, 18 UTC.

	4 Nov. 00UTC	4 Nov. 06UTC	4 Nov. 12UTC	4 Nov. 18UTC	5 Nov. 00UTC	5 Nov. 06UTC	5 Nov. 12UTC	5 Nov. 18UTC	Average
KF-E-IFS	134	138	97	105	179	270	315	409	206
KF-KF-IFS	359	365	412	430	492	556	637	889	518
BMJ-BMJ-IFS	315	329	239	180	276	307	508	501	332
GD-GD-IFS	215	235	282	265	235	196	146	94	208
NGE-NGE-IFS	233	259	302	338	367	446	479	591	377
KF-E-ERA	276	325	130	168	194	113	76	118	175
KF-KF-ERA	444	421	359	389	467	574	682	892	528
BMJ-BMJ-ERA	346	305	188	50	185	203	275	352	238
GD-GD-ERA	114	214	266	293	165	143	11	109	164
NGE-NGE-ERA	227	224	254	293	338	361	403	431	316