Validation of the coupled NCEP Mesoscale Spectral Model and an advanced land surface model over the Hawaiian Islands. Part II: A high wind event

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 873-895

  Zhang, Yongxin ^a   Chen, Yi Leng ^a   Kodama, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Weather Forecast Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; WIND;

COLD FRONT; LAND SURFACE MODEL (LSM); TRADE WIND INVERSION; WINDSTORMS;

METEOROLOGY;

COLD FRONT; FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; SURFACE WATER; TRADE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 32044438882     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF892.1     Document Type: Article

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