High resolution simulation of tropical storm Ivan (2004) in the Southern Appalachians: Role of planetary boundary-layer schemes and cumulus parametrization

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 683, 2014, Pages 1847-1865

  Sun, Xiaoming ^a   Barros, Ana P ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cumulus parametrization; Tropical cyclone; Tropical storm

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; HURRICANES; LANDFORMS; RAIN; STORMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPICS;

CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION; CUMULUS PARAMETRIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS CHANGES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84907462077     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2255     Document Type: Article

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