Impact of initial conditions, rainfall assimilation, and cumulus parameterization on simulations of Hurricane Florence (1988)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3077-3101

  Karyampudi, V Mohan ^a,c   Lai, George S ^a,c   Manobianco, John ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ENSCO INC   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; RAINFALL INTENSITY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0000888746     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<3077:IOICRA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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