High-resolution radar data assimilation for hurricane Isabel (2003) at landfall

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1355-1372

  Zhao, Qingyun ^a   Jin, Yi ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DOPPLER RADAR; HURRICANES; MODEL STRUCTURES; RADAR; REFLECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; CORE REGIONS; EAST COASTS; FOUR CYCLES; HIGH-RESOLUTION; HURRICANE INTENSITIES; HURRICANE ISABEL; HURRICANE LANDFALLS; HURRICANE RESEARCHES; INNER CORES; MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS; MESOSCALE; MULTISCALE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; NWP MODELS; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; RADAR DATA ASSIMILATIONS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADIAL VELOCITIES; RAINBANDS; RAPID CHANGES; SUDDEN CHANGES; SURFACE CONDITIONS; UNITED STATES; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATIONS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 54249157941     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2562.1     Document Type: Article

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