On the rapid Intensification of Hurricane Wilma (2005). Part I: Model prediction and structural changes

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 885-901

  Chen, Hua ^a   Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Carton, James ^a   Atlas, Robert ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast verification; Hurricanes; Mesoscale models; Numerical weather prediction forecasting

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTH; DEEP CONVECTION; EYEWALL; FLIGHT-LEVEL OBSERVATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HURRICANE INTENSITY; INTENSITY CHANGE; INVERSION LAYER; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE MODEL; MODEL PREDICTION; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; REALISTIC INITIAL CONDITIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPIN-UP; STOCHASTIC NATURE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH FORECASTS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; MODELS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HURRICANE WILMA 2005; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84863115820     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00001.1     Document Type: Article

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