Advanced Numerical Modeling and Data Assimilation Techniques for Tropical Cyclone Predictions

Part 1: State-of-the-art Observations for Advancing TC Research.- 1. Advancing the Understanding and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones Using Aircraft Observations.- 2. Use of Satellite Observations in Tropical Cyclone Studies.- Part 2: Advances in Numerical Weather Predictions for Tropical Cyclones.- 3. Overview of the NOAA/NCEP Operational Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) Modelling System4. Physical Processes in Tropical Cyclone Models.- 5. Sub-Grid Vertical Turbulent Mixing in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer.- 6. Air-Sea Turbulent Flux Parameterizations in Tropical Cyclone Models7. Present State of Knowledge of Electrification and Lightning within Tropical Cyclones and Their  Relationships to Microphysics and Storm Intensity.- 8. The Role of Land Surface Processes on Tropical Cyclones: Introduction to Land Surface Models.- 9. The Role of Land Surface Processes on Extreme Weather Events: Land Data Assimilation System.- 10. Ocean Component ofthe HWRF Coupled Model and Model Evaluation.- Part 3: Advanced Assimilation and Vortex Initialization Techniques.- 11. Introduction to Data Assimilation Techniques and Ensemble Kalman Filter.- 12. Data Assimilation and Predictability of Tropical Cyclones.- 13. Data Assimilation: Comparison and Hybridization between Ensemble and Variational Methods.- Part 4: Monitoring and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones.- 14. Operational ACCESS-TC: Vortex Specification, 4DVAR Initialization, Verification and Structure Diagnostics.- 15. Physical Initialization in Tropical Cyclone Forecasting.- 16. Monitoring and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones over North Indian Ocean.- 17. Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Models at IMD and Their Performance.- 18. Tropical Cyclone Research over the North Indian Ocean: Impact of Data and Vortex Initialization in High Resolution Mesoscale Models.- 19. Superensemble Technique for Tropical Cyclone Prediction.- 20. Advanced Diagnostics for the HWRF Hurricane ModellingSystem.- Part 5: Advances in Tropical Cyclone Research.- 21. Introduction to Hurricane Dynamics: Tropical Cyclone Intensification.- 22. Recent Advances in Tropical Cyclogenesis.- 23. The Hurricane Boundary Layer.- 24. Balanced Dynamics in Tropical Cyclones.- 25. Quasi-balanced Dynamics in Tropical Cyclones.- 26. Using Budgets to Study Tropical Cyclones.-27. The Storm Surge Prediction over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea: A Review.- Index