Effects of parameterized diffusion on simulated hurricanes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2284-2299

  Rotunno, Richard ^a   Bryan, George H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Diffusion; Dynamics; Hurricanes; Mesoscale processes; Vortices

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; CONTROL FACTORS; HURRICANE INTENSITY; MESOSCALE PROCESS; PARAMETERIZED; PARAMETERIZED MODEL; SCALE ANALYSIS; SIMULATED STORMS; VERTICAL DIFFUSION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; HURRICANES; PARAMETERIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

DIFFUSION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84864843502     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0204.1     Document Type: Article

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