Slab- and height-resolving models of the tropical cyclone boundary layer. Part I: Comparing the simulations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 652, 2010, Pages 1686-1699

  Kepert, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic boundary layer models; Potential intensity; Supergradient flow; Tropical cyclone risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; BOUNDARY-LAYER MODEL; DEPTH-AVERAGING; DIAGNOSTIC MODEL; ENGINEERING DESIGN; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; INTENSITY MODELS; MEAN-WINDS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL INTENSITY; PRACTICAL USE; QUANTITATIVE ACCURACY; SLAB MODEL; SUPERGRADIENT FLOW; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE RISK ASSESSMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HURRICANES; MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; TROPICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; INERTIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 77958562963     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.667     Document Type: Article

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