Interaction of typhoon Shanshan (2006) with the midlatitude trough from both adjoint-derived sensitivity steering vector and potential vorticity perspectives

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 852-862

  Wu, Chun Chieh ^a   Chen, Shin Gan ^a   Chen, Jan Huey ^a   Chou, Kun Hsuan ^a   Lin, Po Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINTS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; FORECAST MODEL; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; MESOSCALE MODEL; MIDLATITUDES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NEW PARAMETERS; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVE AREA; STEERING FLOW; STEERING VECTOR; STORM CENTER; TARGETED OBSERVING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON SURVEILLANCE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WATER WELLS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68249149275     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2585.1     Document Type: Article

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