Advanced Numerical Modeling and Data Assimilation Techniques for Tropical Cyclone Predictions

This book deals primarily with monitoring, prediction and understanding of Tropical Cyclones (TCs). It was envisioned to serve as a teaching and reference resource at universities and academic institutions for researchers and post-graduate students. It has been designed to provide a broad outlook on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Mohanty, U.C (Editor ), Gopalakrishnan, Sundararaman.G (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Atmospheric science.
Natural disasters.
Physical geography.
Environment.
Atmospheric Science.
Natural Hazards.
Earth System Sciences.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: State-of-the-art Observations for Advancing TC Research
  • 1. Advancing the Understanding and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones Using Aircraft Observations
  • 2. Use of Satellite Observations in Tropical Cyclone Studies
  • Part 2: Advances in Numerical Weather Predictions for Tropical Cyclones
  • 3. Overview of the NOAA/NCEP Operational Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) Modelling System 4. Physical Processes in Tropical Cyclone Models
  • 5. Sub-Grid Vertical Turbulent Mixing in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
  • 6. Air-Sea Turbulent Flux Parameterizations in Tropical Cyclone Models 7. Present State of Knowledge of Electrification and Lightning within Tropical Cyclones and Their Relationships to Microphysics and Storm Intensity
  • 8. The Role of Land Surface Processes on Tropical Cyclones: Introduction to Land Surface Models
  • 9. The Role of Land Surface Processes on Extreme Weather Events: Land Data Assimilation System
  • 10. Ocean Component of the HWRF Coupled Model and Model Evaluation
  • Part 3: Advanced Assimilation and Vortex Initialization Techniques
  • 11. Introduction to Data Assimilation Techniques and Ensemble Kalman Filter
  • 12. Data Assimilation and Predictability of Tropical Cyclones
  • 13. Data Assimilation: Comparison and Hybridization between Ensemble and Variational Methods
  • Part 4: Monitoring and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones
  • 14. Operational ACCESS-TC: Vortex Specification, 4DVAR Initialization, Verification and Structure Diagnostics
  • 15. Physical Initialization in Tropical Cyclone Forecasting
  • 16. Monitoring and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones over North Indian Ocean
  • 17. Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Models at IMD and Their Performance
  • 18. Tropical Cyclone Research over the North Indian Ocean: Impact of Data and Vortex Initialization in High Resolution Mesoscale Models
  • 19. Superensemble Technique for Tropical Cyclone Prediction
  • 20. Advanced Diagnostics for the HWRF Hurricane Modelling System
  • Part 5: Advances in Tropical Cyclone Research
  • 21. Introduction to Hurricane Dynamics: Tropical Cyclone Intensification
  • 22. Recent Advances in Tropical Cyclogenesis
  • 23. The Hurricane Boundary Layer
  • 24. Balanced Dynamics in Tropical Cyclones
  • 25. Quasi-balanced Dynamics in Tropical Cyclones
  • 26. Using Budgets to Study Tropical Cyclones.-27. The Storm Surge Prediction over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea: A Review
  • Index.

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