Typhoon initialization in a mesoscale model - Combination of the bogused vortex and the dropwindsonde data in DOTSTAR

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 865-879

  Chou, Kun Hsuan ^a   Wu, Chun Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

BOGUSED VORTEX; MESOSCALE MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SIMULATION; STORM TRACK; TYPHOON; VORTEX;

EID: 38849127333     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2141.1     Document Type: Article

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