Advances in convection-permitting tropical cyclone analysis and prediction through EnKF assimilation of reconnaissance aircraft observations

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 345-358

  Weng, Yonghui ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; EnKF; Reconnaissance; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; HURRICANE; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84988422822     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2016-018     Document Type: Article

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