Simulation of very severe cyclone Mala over Bay of Bengal with HWRF modeling system

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1413-1437

  Pattanayak, Sujata ^a   Mohanty, U C ^a   Gopalakrishnan, S G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HWRF model; Intensity; Structure; Track; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARAKAN; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MYANMAR;

EID: 84864390745     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9863-z     Document Type: Article

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