Sensitivity of numerical simulations of the early rapid intensification of Hurricane Emily to cumulus parameterization schemes in different model horizontal resolutions

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-421

  Li, Xuanli ^a   Pu, Zhaoxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; HURRICANE EVENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68049104067     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87.403     Document Type: Article

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