Impact of assimilation of conventional and satellite meteorological observations on the numerical simulation of a Bay of Bengal Tropical Cyclone of November 2008 near Tamilnadu using WRF model

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-44

  Srinivas, C V ^a   Yesubabu, V ^a   Venkatesan, R ^a   Ramarkrishna, S S V S ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SSM-I; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78650022203     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-010-0102-z     Document Type: Article

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