Validation of a tropical cyclone steering response function with a barotropic adjoint model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1806-1816

  Hoover, Brett T ^a   Morgan, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Tropical cyclone; Vorticity; Winds

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT MODELS; ADJOINTS; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC MODELS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; MODEL INITIAL CONDITIONS; MODEL VERIFICATION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SENSITIVITY GRADIENTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STEERING VECTOR; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VECTORS;

HURRICANES; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WIND;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADVECTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77955520589     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3236.1     Document Type: Article

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