Steering weight concept and its application to tropical cyclones simulated in a vertical shear experiment

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1137-1161

  Ueno, Mitsuru ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 1642447928     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.1137     Document Type: Article

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