A physics-based parameterization of air-sea momentum flux at high wind speeds and its impact on hurricane intensity predictions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2869-2878

  Moon, Il Ju ^a,b   Ginis, Isaac ^a   Hara, Tetsu ^a   Thomas, Biju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; HURRICANES; PARAMETERIZATION; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

BULK PARAMETERIZATION; HURRICANE INTENSITY; MOMENTUM FLUX;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HURRICANE; MOMENTUM; PREDICTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548254483     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3432.1     Document Type: Article

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