A high-resolution simulation of Typhoon Rananim (2004) with MM5. Part I: Model verification, inner-core shear, and asymmetric convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2488-2506

  Li, Qingqing ^a   Duan, Yihong ^a   Yu, Hui ^a   Fu, Gang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

ASYMMETRIC CONVECTION; ASYMMETRIC FLOWS; CORE REGIONS; CORE SHEAR; CORE STRUCTURES; EYE WALL; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MESOSCALE MODEL; MIDTROPOSPHERE; MODEL VERIFICATION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT; RELATIVE FLOW; STORM CENTER; SURFACE WINDS; UPWARD MOTION; VERTICAL SHEAR; VORTEX TILT;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE; SURFACE WIND; TROPOSPHERE; TYPHOON; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 52149109080     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2159.1     Document Type: Article

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