The Impacts of Satellite Remotely Sensed Winds and Total Precipitable Vapour in WRF Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts

Figure 8

Identified regions (red circles) show that E-P fluxes contribute most strongly to the azimuthal circulation of TC. The ASCAT observed flow shows the satellite coverage over the TC basins. It is clear from (a) that Katrina’s critical development region is missed whereas in (b) Megi’s critical development region is well-captured. TCs Maria in (a) and Ketsana in (b) are partially covered by the satellite observations.

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