Impact of the dynamical core on the direct simulation of tropical cyclones in a high-resolution global model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3603-3608

  Reed, K A ^a,b   Bacmeister, J T ^b   Rosenbloom, N A ^b   Wehner, M F ^c   Bates, S C ^b   Lauritzen, P H ^b   Truesdale, J E ^b   Hannay, C ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamical core; global model; tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; STORMS; TROPICS;

COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; DIRECT SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL CORE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL MODELING; HIGH RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ELEMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID FLOW; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930486393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063974     Document Type: Article

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