An HWRF-based ensemble assessment of the land surface feedback on the post-landfall intensification of Tropical Storm Fay (2008)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1543-1571

  Bozeman, Monica Laureano ^a   Niyogi, Dev ^a   Gopalakrishnan, S ^b   Marks Jr , Frank D ^b   Zhang, Xuejin ^c   Tallapragada, Vijay ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer processes; Hurricane WRF; Land atmosphere interactions; Landfalling tropical cyclones; Noah; Post landfall intensification

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE; LAND SURFACE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864388794     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9841-5     Document Type: Article

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