Uncertainties in trajectory calculations within near-surface mesocyclones of simulated supercells

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2959-2966

  Dahl, Johannes M L ^a   Parker, Matthew D ^a   Wicker, Louis J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective scale processes; Numerical analysis modeling; Tornadogenesis; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESSES; INTERPOLATION ERROR; MESOCYCLONES; MODEL OUTPUTS; NEAR-SURFACE; RUNTIMES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; SUPER CELL; TIME VARYING; TORNADOGENESIS; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; VELOCITY FIELD;

ERRORS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

TRAJECTORIES;

CYCLONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUPERCELL; TORNADO; TRAJECTORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84867934167     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00131.1     Document Type: Article

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