Talk:Tropical cyclone forecast model/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: 12george1 (talk) 20:00, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Lead

• It seems unclear (I know why, but other may not) as to how significant the track errors were on that image of Ernesto's computer models. So I think you should note in the caption that the white track is the path Ernesto actually took.
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• For clarification, I would wikilink "skill" to "Forecast skill".
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Statistical guidance

• Link Hurricane Isabel in the caption of the r-CLIPER image
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• Why did you wait until the end of the second paragraph to link "statistical model", when it could have been linked in the lead.
  • Linked in lede and removed the link here. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• It says GFS here, but does not tell you that GFS stands for "Global Forecasting System". BTW, the full spelling of the acronym "NOGAPS" is also missing, and is spelled-out until the fourth paragraph of the Dynamical guidance section.
  • Fixed both. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• "The version of SHIPS with an inland decay component is known as Decay SHIPS (DSHIPS)." - you should write DSHIPS as Decay Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme out completely instead of Decay SHIPS, which will also cut down on the number of acronyms in that sentence.
  • No. That makes the sentence extremely awkward. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• In the last paragraph, delink: National Hurricane Center, rainfall, and Joint Typhoon Warning Center, since all of them were either linked earlier in the section or in the Lead.
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Dynamical guidance

• Similar to the issue before the previous one, you have several phrases that are only partially spelled-out, such as BAM shallow (BAMS) , BAM Medium (BAMM), and BAM Deep (BAMD).
  • Again, no. BAM was already defined; expanding fully the same thing thrice would only be redundant, and would advesely affect readability. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• In the third paragraph, about four sentences start the same way, causing minor redundancies (e.g. Tested in 1989 and 1990, By 1990, and two consecutive sentences that start with Since [year]).
  • Reworded. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• Don't wikilink 2007
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• Don't explain what GFS is here, and just erase "Global Forecast System".
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Timeliness

• What does "GDFI" stand for, or did you mean to say "GDFL"?
  • No, it's the interpolated GFDL. Clarified that in the prose. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Consensus methods

• It seems that you are using the terms "early" and "late" in a different way than in Timeliness, like it seems that "early" is used here meaning, a long time ago. So you should probably erase "early" and "late" in this section.
  • Same as above, but clarified it by using interpolated instead of early. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• "Hurricane WRF" and "decay SHIPS" should be written as "HWRF" and "DSHIPS".
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• What does the acronym "TVCN" and "TVCC" stand for?
  • Nobody actually knows. [1] does not actually list any meaning to them. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Ensemble methods

• Delink "Joint Typhoon Warning Center" and "Japan Meteorological Agency's", since they are already linked enough
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• Spell-out mi in the parenthesis
  • No. That would break WP:UNITS. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

References

• Inconsistency names of authors (e.g. you have Franklin, James in Ref #5 and then James Franklin in Ref #24).
  • Done. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reference #14 ("Beta Effect") does not directly link to the place it was intended to go.
  • Um... works for me? Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
• Reference #16 is not in CiteWeb format
  • Removed, since it didn't meet WP:RS, and it didn't say anything not already found in the other references in the article . Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 20:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok, good enough, I will now pass this article. Congratulations,--12george1 (talk) 01:13, 31 March 2011 (UTC)