Improved track forecasting of a typhoon reaching landfall from four-dimensional variational data assimilation of AMSU-A retrieved data

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Zhao, Ying ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^a   Ji, Zhongzhen ^a   Liang, Xudong ^a   Deng, Guo ^c   Zhang, Xin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; STORM TRACK; TYPHOON;

EID: 24944518323     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005267     Document Type: Article

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