ERICA (Meteorology)

ERICA, or the Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic, is a scientific field project that started in the winter of 1988/1989. cite web
title = Forecasting Oceanic Cyclones At The NOAA
author = Joseph M. Sienkiewicz ; Scott Prosise ; Anthony Crutch
publisher = [http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov Ocean Prediction Center (NOAA)]
date = 2004-05-14
url = http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/SOO/papers/FORECASTING%20OCEANIC%20CYCLONES%20AT%20THE%20NOAA.pdf
accessdate = 2006-10-29 ] . Its aims were to better understand the processes involved in rapid cyclogenesis, and so improve understanding and forecasting of the situations that cause it.

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