Mesoscale data assimilation of myanmar cyclone Nargis

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-474

  Kunii, Masaru ^a   Shoji, Yoshinori ^a   Ueno, Mitsuru ^a   Saito, Kazuo ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE NARGIS 2008; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; STORM TRACK; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MYANMAR;

EID: 77954897968     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-312     Document Type: Article

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