Sensitivity of physical parameterizations on prediction of tropical cyclone Nargis over the Bay of Bengal using WRF model

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-137

  Raju, P V S ^a   Potty, Jayaraman ^a   Mohanty, U C ^b  

^a Regional Integrated Multi Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES)   (Thailand)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; CYCLOGENESIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MYANMAR;

EID: 80051873879     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0151-y     Document Type: Article

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