The experimental HWRF system: A study on the influence of horizontal resolution on the structure and intensity changes in tropical cyclones using an idealized framework

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1762-1784

  Gopalakrishnan, Sundararaman G ^a   Marks Jr , Frank ^a   Zhang, Xuejin ^b   Bao, Jian Wen ^a   Yeh, Kao San ^b   Atlas, Robert ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective parameterization; Model evaluation performance; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Sensitivity studies; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTS; HURRICANES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HURRICANE; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPDRAFT; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 78651083069     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3535.1     Document Type: Article

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