An evaluation of microphysics fields from mesoscale model simulations of tropical cyclones. Part I: Comparisons with observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1811-1834

  Rogers, Robert F ^a   Black, Michael L ^a   Chen, Shuyi S ^b   Black, Robert A ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; STATISTICS; VELOCITY;

HURRICANE PARTITIONING; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; STATISTICS; STORMS; VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; REFLECTIVITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 34347404357     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3932.1     Document Type: Article

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