A cloud-resolving regional simulation of tropical cyclone formation

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-24

  Powers, Jordan G ^a   Davis, Christopher A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Humicanes; Mesoscale modelling; Numerical weather prediction; Tropical cyclogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 0346515356     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/asle.2002.0054     Document Type: Article

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