Ensemble Data Assimilation and Predictability of Tropical Cyclones

Abstract

The ultimate goals is to improve tropical cyclone track and intensity prediction through further development of the regional-scale, cloud-resolving ensemble-based data assimilation and prediction system capable of efficiently assimilating in-situ and remotely sensed observations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531829

Entities

People

  • Fuqing Zhang

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cyclones
  • Doppler Radar
  • Dynamics
  • High Resolution
  • Hurricanes
  • Intensity
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Observation
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radar
  • Rainfall
  • Storms
  • Tropical Cyclones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers