Simulating the formation of Hurricane Katrina (2005)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Jin, Yi ^a   Peng, Melinda S ^a   Jin, Hao ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Science and Applications International Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; PHYSICS;

ATLANTIC; GRID SPACINGS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELING; HURRICANE - KATRINA; KATRINA; MICROPHYSICS; NESTED SIMULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSION;

TROPICS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; DISTURBANCE; EASTERLY WAVE; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; PREDICTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 49849104679     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033168     Document Type: Article

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