Consistency in hurricane surface wind forecasting: An improved parametric model

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1029-1050

  Hu, Kelin ^a,b   Chen, Qin ^a   Kimball, Sytske K ^c  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Hurricane surface winds; Parametric model; Storm surge; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CORIOLIS FORCE; HURRICANE; PARAMETERIZATION; STORM TRACK; SURFACE WIND; TESTING METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84858794265     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9960-z     Document Type: Article

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