Targeted observations of tropical cyclone movement based on the adjoint-derived sensitivity steering vector

27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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