Prediction of severe tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal during 2007-2010 using high-resolution mesoscale model

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1361-1374

  Raju, P V S ^a   Potty, Jayaraman ^a   Mohanty, U C ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Intensity; Model simulations; Track; Tropical cyclone; Vector displacement error

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

LAILA; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84864379839     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9918-1     Document Type: Article

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