The assimilation of GPS radio occultation data and its impact on rainfall prediction along the west coast of India during monsoon 2002

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1577-1591

  Huang, Ching Yuang ^a   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b   Chen, Shu Ya ^a   Prasad Rao, Anisetty S K A V ^a   Wang, Chien Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3DVAR; FORMOSAT 3 COSMIC; GPS RO data; WRF

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; GPS; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548336344     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0246-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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