Modelling the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones and its downstream impact

High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering 2010 - Transactions of the High Performance Computing Center, Stuttgart, HLRS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 479-499

  Grams, Christian M ^a   Jones, Sarah C ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY INVERSIONS; STRONG INTERACTION; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; WEATHER PATTERNS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84883060547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15748-6-35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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