Sting jets in simulations of a real cyclone by two mesoscale models

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4054-4075

  Martínez Alvarado, Oscar ^a   Weidle, Florian ^b,c   Gray, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extratropical cyclones; Jets; Mesoscale models; Mesoscale processes; Mesoscale systems; Model comparison; Nonhydrostatic models; Wind

Indexed keywords

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE MODEL; MESOSCALE PROCESSES; MODEL COMPARISON; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORMS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND;

EID: 78650218657     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3290.1     Document Type: Article

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