Numerical experiments for Typhoon Dan incorporating AMSU-A retrieved data with 3DVM

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 692-703

  Zhao, Ying ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3DVM; 4D Var; AMSU A; Landfalling typhoon; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349112555     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0692-2     Document Type: Article

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