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Improvements of Hurricane Forecast with Vortex Initialization using WRF Variational (WRF-Var) Data Assimilation

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Qingnong Xiao

Submitted: 13 May 2010 Published: 19 April 2011

DOI: 10.5772/13930

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Recent Hurricane Research - Climate, Dynamics, and Societal Impacts

Edited by Anthony Lupo

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Written By

Qingnong Xiao

Submitted: 13 May 2010 Published: 19 April 2011