Effect of lateral boundary scheme on the simulation of tropical cyclone track in regional climate model RegCM3

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-230

  Wang, Xiaodan ^a   Zhong, Zhong ^a   Hu, Yijia ^a   Yuan, Huihui ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Lateral boundary scheme; Nudging parameter; Regional climate model; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953511282     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-010-0019-y     Document Type: Article

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