The impact of microphysical schemes on hurricane intensity and track

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Tao, Wei Kuo ^a   Shi, Jainn Jong ^a,b   Chen, Shuyi S ^c   Lang, Stephen ^a,d   Lin, Pay Liam ^e   Hong, Song You ^f   Peters Lidard, Christa ^a   Hou, Arthur ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

high resolution modeling; Hurricane; microphysics; precipitation processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951776029     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-011-1001-z     Document Type: Article

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