Numerical simulation of tornadogenesis in an outer-rainband minisupercell of Typhoon Shanshan on 17 september 2006

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4238-4260

  Mashiko, Wataru ^a   Niino, Hiroshi ^b   Kato, Teruyuki ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CONVECTIVE STORMS; EAST COAST; GUST FRONTS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; REAR-FLANK; TORNADOGENESIS; VERTICAL VORTICITY; WESTERN JAPAN;

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; TORNADOES; VORTICITY;

STORMS;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENT; UPDRAFT; VORTICITY;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 74949139316     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2959.1     Document Type: Article

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