Rainfall Simulations of Typhoon Morakot with Controlled Translation Speed Based on EnKF Data Assimilation

Typhoon Morakot produced record-breaking accumulated rainfall over southern Taiwan in August 2009. The combination of several factors resulted in this extreme weather event: the steep terrain in Taiwan, the prevailing south-westerly flow in the monsoon trough, Typhoon Goni over the northern South Ch...

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Main Authors: Tzu-Hsiung Yen, Chun-Chieh Wu, Guo-Yuan Lien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Chinese Geoscience Union 2011-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/images/attachments/v226p647.pdf