¥Why?
¥Extreme
event of practical interest.
¥Corresponds to PIRCS 1B period: the archive of PIRCS simulations provides a "target of
opportunity."
¥Initial and boundary conditions from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis:
¥this is an analysis of past observations that blends observations and a
physical model (the model fills in the holes between observations)
¥boundary
data updated every 6 hours