A Coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling system: simulation of the intensity of an idealized tropical cyclone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-152

  Liu, Bin ^a   Liu, Huiqing ^a   Xie, Lian ^a   Guan, Changlong ^b   Zhao, Dongliang ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Oceanic; Tropical cyclones; Waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOTTOM STRESS; COUPLED MODELS; DISSIPATIVE HEATING; MODEL COUPLING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OCEAN MODELING; OCEANIC; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RADIATION STRESS; SEA SPRAY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; THERMODYNAMIC COUPLING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WAVE COUPLING; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION; WAVE STATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COOLING; FEEDBACK; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MODELING; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 79951602207     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3396.1     Document Type: Article

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