A study of the impacts of vertical diffusion on the structure and intensity of the tropical cyclones using the high-resolution HWRF system

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 524-541

  Gopalakrishnan, Sundararaman G ^a   Marks, Frank ^a   Zhang, Jun A ^a,b   Zhang, Xuejin ^a,b   Bao, Jian Wen ^c   Tallapragada, Vijay ^d  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale models; Parameterization; Regional models; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; HURRICANES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

% REDUCTIONS; BEST MATCH; FORECASTING SYSTEM; HIGH RESOLUTION; MESO-SCALE MODELING; REGIONAL MODELLING; RESEARCH SYSTEM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL DIFFUSION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84874957932     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jas-d-11-0340.1     Document Type: Article

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