¥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