Impact of Kalpana-1 retrieved multispectral AMVs on Mahasen tropical cyclone forecast

Natural Hazards

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 205-222

  Kaur, Inderpreet ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a   Deb, S K ^a   Kishtawal, C M ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric motion vectors; Data assimilation; Forecast sensitivity; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939961631     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1591-3     Document Type: Article

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