TAMDAR Observation Assimilation in WRF 3D-Var and Its Impact on Hurricane Ike (2008) Forecast

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Li Wang, Hong ^a   Yu Huang, Xiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

data assimilation; hurricane; numerical weather prediction; TAMDAR; WRF

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HURRICANE IKE 2008; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84885863324     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11446995     Document Type: Article

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