Adjoint sensitivity of an idealized extratropical cyclone with moist physical processes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 536, 1996, Pages 1891-1920

  Langland, Rolf H ^a   Elsberry, Russell L ^b   Errico, Ronald M ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjoint model; Diabatic heating; Explosive cyclone development; Latent heat release; Mesoscale modelling; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CONDENSATION; CONVECTIVE RAINFALL; CYCLONE; DIABATIC HEATING; LATENT HEAT; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 0030326258     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53607     Document Type: Article

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