Improved tropical cyclone forecasts over north Indian Ocean with direct assimilation of AMSU-A radiances

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 15-34

  Singh, Randhir ^a   Kishtawal, C M ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Joshi, P C ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; METEOSAT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUIKSCAT; STORM TRACK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84855324621     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0165-5     Document Type: Article

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