Numerical simulations of myanmar cyclone Nargis and the associated storm surge part I: Forecast experiment with a nonhydrostatic model and simulation of storm surge

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 521-545

  Kuroda, Tohru ^a   Saito, Kazuo ^a   Kunii, Masaru ^a   Kohno, Nadao ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE NARGIS 2008; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; STORM SURGE; SURFACE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MYANMAR;

EID: 77954895639     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-315     Document Type: Article

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