A Kalman filter with smoothing for hurricane tracking and prediction
By: Asim Mutaf
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Description: The performance of a Kalman filter used to track a hurricane was substantially improved by implementing a fixed interval smoothing algorithm. This tracking routine was designed and implemented in a microcomputer program. Several tracking scenarios were simulated and analyzed. Actual storm tracks obtained from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Guam, Mariana Islands, were used for this research. The application of the Kalman tracker to a tropical storm's wind speed tracking was also investigated by using the best track data and observed data.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Titus, Harold A.

"December 1989."

Thesis (M.S. in Engineering Science(EE))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1989.

Includes bibliographical references.

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