Adaptive use of research aircraft data sets for hurricane forecasts

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 43-64

  Biswas, M K ^a   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; HURRICANE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 39749115656     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-007-0264-5     Document Type: Article

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