Effects of vertical wind shear on the predictability of tropical cyclones: Practical versus intrinsic limit

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1534-1553

  Tao, Dandan ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric predictability; ensemble sensitivity analysis; precession and vortex alignment; rapid intensification; tropical cyclones; vertical wind shear

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; MOISTURE; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; RANDOM INITIAL CONDITIONS; RANDOM PERTURBATIONS; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERTURBATION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84959502774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000474     Document Type: Article

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