Influence of assimilating satellite-derived atmospheric motion vector observations on numerical analyses and forecasts of tropical cyclone track and intensity

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-71

  Wu, Ting Chi ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Majumdar, Sharanya J ^a   Velden, Christopher S ^c   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTORS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

DATA PROCESSING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE COMPRESSION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; KALMAN FILTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84892464033     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00023.1     Document Type: Article

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