Use of radar data for TC initialization and predictions

26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 554-557

  Lee, Jin Luen ^a   MacDonald, A E ^a   Kuo, Y H ^b   Lee, W C ^b   Wang, W ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND-BASED VELOCITY TRACK DISPLAY (GBVTD) TECHNIQUES; NEWTONIAN RELAXATION; QUASI-GEOTROPIC ASSUMPTIONS; VORTICITY EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUDS; DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DOPPLER RADAR; HURRICANES; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; NUMERICAL METHODS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 3042701852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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