Choosing a boundary layer parameterization for tropical cyclone modeling

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1427-1445

  Kepert, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Hurricanes; Mesoscale models; Model comparison; Parameterization; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; MESOSCALE MODEL; MODEL COMPARISON; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; MODELING SYSTEMS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES; PARAMETERIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANE EVENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84864914318     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00217.1     Document Type: Article

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