Tropical cyclone initialization and prediction based on four-dimensional variational data assimilation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2383-2395

  Wu, Chun Chieh ^a   Chou, Kun Hsuan ^a   Wang, Yuqing ^b   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

PRESSURE FIELD; ROSSBY DEFORMATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WIND FIELD;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRESSURE FIELD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SIMULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 33749267841     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3743.1     Document Type: Article

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