Schlagwort(e):
Cyclones -- Indian Ocean Region.
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Electronic books.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
This book advances the science of climate change impacts on tropical cyclones, and includes papers on operational Forecasting and Warning Systems as well as numerical weather prediction modeling systems for cyclone predictions in the Indian Ocean region.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (435 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789400777200
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1538950
DDC:
551.55/209165
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contents -- PART I Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change -- Construction and Quality of Best Tracks Parameters for Study of Climate Change Impact on Tropical Cyclones over the North Indian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Characteristics of Best Tracks in Satellite Era -- 2.1 Satellite Observations of CDs -- 2.2 IMD's Use of Weather Satellites for CD Monitoring -- 2.3 Methods Used to Interpret Genesis, Location and Intensity of CDs -- 2.4 Errors in Estimation of Location and Intensity during Satellite Era -- 3. Frequency of CD, CS, SCS and VSCS -- 4. Trends in Frequency in Satellite Era -- 4.1 Trend in Frequency of CD -- 4.2 Trend in Frequency of CS or Higher Intensity Storms -- 4.3 Trend in Frequency of SCS or Higher Intensity Storms -- 4.4 Trend in Frequency of Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) or Higher Intensity Storms -- 5. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Climate Change and Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclones" International Initiative - Progress since the First International Con -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Archive -- 3. Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Trends -- 4. Historical Cyclone Data Portal -- 5. Future Work - Prospects for Improving Seasonal Prediction of Tropical Cyclones -- 6. Summary -- Acknowledgement -- REFERENCES -- Climate Change in Tropical Cyclones and Monsoon Depressions of North Indian Ocean -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change in Annual Frequency of TC and MD -- 3. FDO in Cyclones, Equatorial Wind and SST of Indian Ocean -- 4. Decreasing Trend in MD Frequency and Monsoon LLJ -- 5. Climate Change in the Intensity of Cyclones -- 6. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Mechanism of the Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone Frequency Changes due to Global Warming -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hypothesis -- 3. Model and Experiment -- 4. Global TC Frequency Changes.
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5. Regional TC Frequency Changes -- 6. Indian Ocean TC Frequency Changes -- 7. Discussion -- 8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- REFERENCES -- Recent Research at GFDL on Surface Temperature Trends and Simulations of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Indian Ocean Region -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Assessment of Regional Surface Temperature Trends in the Indian Ocean/Southern Asia Region -- Summary -- 3. Simulations of Northern Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone Activity -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- PART II Climatological Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones and Future Projection -- Future Changes in Tropical Cyclone Activity in the North Indian Ocean Projected by the New HighResolution MRI-AGCM -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Models and Experimental Design -- 3. Results -- 3.1 Projected Future Changes in TC Genesis Number -- 3.2 Projected Future Changes in TC Frequency -- 3.3 Mechanisms of Future Changes in TC Genesis Frequency -- 4. Summary -- REFERENCES -- Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Indian Ocean in the Warmer Climate -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Methodology and Discussion -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Frequency of Genesis -- 3.2 Area of Genesis of TC -- 3.3 Duration of TC Season over NIO -- 3.4 Energy Metrics of TCs over NIO -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- An Analysis of Environmental Dynamical Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensity over the Bay of Bengal during 1981-2010 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data -- 3. Effect of Translational Speed on Intensification -- 3.1 Translational Speed (TS) Group and Intensification -- 3.2 Translational Speed and Relative Intensification -- 4. Effect of Vertical Wind Shear on Intensification -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- Analysis of Cyclone Tracks of North Indian Ocean Using Cluster Analysis -- 1. Introduction.
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2. Pertinent Literature -- 3. Data -- 4. Methodology -- 5. Results -- 5.1 Regression Mixture Models -- 5.2 Properties of the Clusters -- 6. Conclusion and Future Work -- REFERENCES -- Characteristics of Cyclogenesis over the Indian Region during 1891-2011 with Special Emphasis on Bay of Bengal vis-à-vis Arabian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Methodology -- 3. Inter-decadal Climate Shifts of Frequencies and Intensity of Cyclogenesis during 1891-2011 for Indian Region, BoB and AS Usin -- 4. Intensification Ratio in Indian Region, BoB and AS and Cyclogenesis Capability of AS to BoB and Identification of Their Corre -- 5. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- PART III Tropical Cyclone Predictability: Status and Plan for Operational Forecasting -- Extended Prediction of North Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones Using the ECMWF Variable Ensemble Prediction System -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Methods -- 2.1 Model Forecasts -- 2.2 Tropical Cyclone Tracking Scheme -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Tropical Cyclone Formation and Pre-genesis Forecasts -- 3.2 Post-genesis Tropical Cyclone Forecasts -- 4. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Prospects for Improving the Operational Seasonal Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Southern Hemisphere -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Methodology -- 3. Results -- 3.1 Correlation between the Annual Number of TCs and the ENSO Indices -- 3.2 Multiple Regression Models -- 3.3 Statistical-dynamical Model-based Approach for TC Seasonal Prediction -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- REFERENCES -- Extended Range Tropical Cyclone Predictions for East Coast of India -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Extended Range Probabilistic Prediction of Tropical Cyclones -- Methodology -- 3. Medium Range Forecasts for Cyclone Genesis Potential and Tracks in South and Central Bay of Bengal (2007-2010).
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3.1 Cyclone Sidr (12th -16th Nov 2007) -- 3.2 Cyclone Nargis (27th April-3rd May 2008) -- 3.3 Cyclone Khai-Muk (13th-16th November 2008) -- 4. Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- Status and Plans for Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting and Warning Systems in the North Indian Ocean Region -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Broad Responsibility of IMD for TC Forecasting and Warning Services (RSMC, 2012) -- 3. Recent Initiatives and Outcomes -- 4. Current Status of Monitoring and Forecasting -- 4.1 Observational Systems for Cyclone Monitoring -- 4.2 Analysis and Forecasting -- 4.3 Decision Making Process -- 5. Early Warning System-Organizational Structure -- 6. Bulletins and Products -- 6.1 Tropical Weather Outlook -- 6.2 Tropical Cyclone Advisories -- 6.3 Tropical Cyclone Advisories for Aviation -- 6.4 Bulletin for India Coast -- 6.5 Wind Forecast for Different Quadrants -- 6.6 User Specific Bulletins -- 7. Conclusions and Future Scope -- REFERENCES -- Advancing Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Using Aircraft Observations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Flight-level Observations -- 3. Airborne Expendables -- 3.1 GPS Dropwindsondes -- 3.2 Expendable Ocean Probes -- 4. Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) -- 5. Airborne Doppler Radar -- 6. Improved Use of Observations-Hurricane Forecast and Improvement Project (HFIP) -- REFERENCES -- Estimation of Centre and Intensity of Tropical Cyclones over the North Indian Ocean Using Microwave Imageries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Methodology -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Comparison of Intensity of CDs -- 3.2 Comparison of Location of Centre of CDs -- 4. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Multi-model Ensemble Based Extended Range Forecast of Tropical Cyclogenesis over the North Indian Ocean -- 1. Introduction -- 2 Coupled Models Output Considered for Preparing Multi-model Ensemble Forecast.
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2.1 ECMWF Monthly Forecast System -- 2.2 NCEP's Climate Forecast System -- 2.3 Multi-model Ensemble (MME) Forecast -- 3. MME Forecast of Cyclogenesis during 2011 Post-monsoon Season -- 3.1 Observed Cyclonic Storm during 2011 Post-monsoon Season -- 3.2 MME Outlook of Cyclonic Storm during 2011 Post-monsoon Season -- 4. Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- PART IV NWP Modelling for Tropical Cyclone Forecasting -- Improvement in Track and Intensity Prediction of Indian Seas Tropical Cyclones with Vortex Assimilation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Model Description and Numerical Experiments -- 3. Synoptic Situations of Aila and Gonu -- 3.1 Case 1 (Aila) -- 3.2 Case 2 (Gonu) -- 4. Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Improvement in Track Simulation -- 4.2 Improvement in Intensity Prediction -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- REFERENCES -- NWP Forecast Guidance during Phet at Oman Meteorological Service -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Historical Tropical Cyclones in Arabian Sea -- 1.2 Tropical Cyclone Phet -- 2. Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Simulation -- 2.1 Modelling Capabilities at Oman Meteorological Department -- 2.2 Preliminary Results -- 3. Conclusion and Future Work -- REFERENCES -- Impact of Variational Data Assimilation for Simulating Tropical Cyclones over Bay of Bengal Using WRF-ARW -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Numerical Experiments -- 3 Data and Methodology -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Improved Track and Intensity Predictions Using Cyclone Bogusing and Regional Assimilation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Model Description, Cyclone Bogusing and Experiments -- 3. Summary of Results -- 3.1 Impact on Initial Conditions -- 3.2 Impact on forecast tracks -- 3.3 Impact of DWR Data Assimilation -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- Role of Surface Roughness Length on Simulation of Cyclone Aila -- 1. Introduction.
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2. Data Used and Methodology.
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