Numerical Weather Prediction Techniques

Doppler Radar, Hyderabad

Abstract: Various numerical weather prediction (NWP) techniques are used for the prediction of tropical cyclones (TC) over the northern Indian Ocean (NIO). The article describes an objective NWP based cyclone prediction system (CPS) used for operational cyclone forecasting over the NIO.

The author is Scientist D, NWP Division, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi. sdkotal.imd@gmail.com