Ensemble simulation of cyclone nargis by a global cloud-system-resolving model- modulation of cyclogenesis by the madden-julian oscillation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 571-591

  Taniguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Yanase, Wataru ^b   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE NARGIS 2008; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77954894203     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-317     Document Type: Article

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