Effects of surface exchange coefficients and turbulence length scales on the intensity and structure of numerically simulated hurricanes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1125-1143

  Bryan, George H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

HIGH WIND SPEED; HURRICANE INTENSITY; LENGTH SCALE; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; MICROPHYSICS; MINIMUM PRESSURE; MODEL OUTPUTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; SURFACE INFLOWS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; TURBULENCE PARAMETERIZATION; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84861469046     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00231.1     Document Type: Article

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