Slab- and height-resolving models of the tropical cyclone boundary layer. Part II: Why the simulations differ

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 652, 2010, Pages 1700-1711

  Kepert, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic models; Potential intensity; Risk assessment; Supergradient flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DIAGNOSTIC MODEL; ENGINEERING DESIGN; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; INTENSITY MODELS; MEAN-WINDS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NEW MODEL; NONLINEAR TERMS; POTENTIAL INTENSITY; PRACTICAL USE; SLAB MODEL; SUPERGRADIENT FLOW; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; HURRICANES; MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; TROPICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VORTICITY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77958530316     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.685     Document Type: Article

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