Impact of physical parameterizations on idealized tropical cyclones in the Community Atmosphere Model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Reed, K A ^a   Jablonowski, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; PARAMETERIZATION; STORMS; TROPICS;

COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; DEEP CONVECTION; DYNAMICAL CORE; FINITE-VOLUME; HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

CAMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PARAMETERIZATION; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX;

EID: 79951884237     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046297     Document Type: Article

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