Stratospheric gravity waves generated by Typhoon Saomai (2006): Numerical modeling in a moving frame following the typhoon

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3617-3636

  Kim, So Young ^a   Chun, Hye Yeong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Hurricanes; Mesoscale models; Numerical analysis modeling; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND WINDS; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; EYEWALL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MAXIMUM POWER; MESOSCALE MODEL; MODEL RESULTS; MOMENTUM FLUX; MOVING FRAME; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELING; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SPECTRAL PEAK; STORM CENTER; STRATOSPHERE; STRONG CONVECTIONS; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HURRICANES; HYDRODYNAMICS; RAIN; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; TYPHOON; VORTICITY; WAVE GENERATION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 78649486407     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3374.1     Document Type: Article

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