Diagnosing initial condition sensitivity of Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) and Hurricane Ike (2008)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3224-3242

  Komaromi, William A ^a   Majumdar, Sharanya J ^a   Rappin, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Kalman filters; Tropical cyclones; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERS; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTROL SIMULATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL PERTURBATION; LOCAL PERTURBATION; MID-LATITUDE STORMS; SHORTWAVE TROUGHS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

HURRICANES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE IKE 2008; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; TRANSFORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355122800     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05018.1     Document Type: Article

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