Applications of the mean recentering scheme to improve typhoon track prediction: A case study of typhoon nanmadol (2011)

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 559-584

  Chang, Chih Chien ^a   Yang, Shu Chih ^a,b   Keppenne, Christian ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EnKF; Ensemble forecast; Typhoon prediction

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; PREDICTION; STORM TRACK; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84924667876     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2014-604     Document Type: Article

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