The impact of assimilation of AMSU data for the prediction of a tropical cyclone over India using a mesoscale model

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4621-4653

  Sandeep, S ^a   Chandrasekar, A ^a   Singh, D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOUNDING APPARATUS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

HUMIDITY SOUNDINGS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; TEMPERATURE SOUNDINGS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

STORMS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33749858100     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600857410     Document Type: Article

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