Impact of assimilated and interactive aerosol on tropical cyclogenesis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3282-3288

  Reale, O ^a,b   Lau, K M ^a   Da Silva, A ^a   Matsui, T ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Data Assimilation and Modeling; Impact of dust on tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; HURRICANES; NASA; SATELLITES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL DATA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; CYCLOGENESIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DUST; EOS; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SAHARA;

EID: 84900580662     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059918     Document Type: Article

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