Targeting and data assimilation studies during Hurricane Humberto (2001)

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-186

  Aberson, Sim D ^a   Etherton, Brian J ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAROTROPIC MODEL; DROPWINDSONDE; HURRICANE TRACK FORECAST;

HURRICANES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE;

EID: 33244468859     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3594.1     Document Type: Article

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