Numerical simulation of myanmar cyclone Nargis and the associated storm surge part II: Ensemble prediction

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 547-570

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

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE NARGIS 2008; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; PREDICTION; STORM SURGE; STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MYANMAR;

EID: 77954941761     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-316     Document Type: Article

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