The heated condensation framework as a convective trigger in the NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1310-1329

  Bombardi, Rodrigo J ^a   Tawfik, Ahmed B ^b   Manganello, Julia V ^a   Marx, Lawrence ^a   Shin, Chul Su ^a   Halder, Subhadeep ^a   Schneider, Edwin K ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Kinter, James L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CFSv2; convective trigger function; hurricane intensity; rainy season; seasonal predictability; tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; FORECASTING; RADIOSONDES; RAIN; STORMS;

CFSV2; HURRICANE INTENSITY; RAINY SEASONS; SEASONAL PREDICTABILITY; TRIGGER FUNCTIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONDENSATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HINDCASTING; HURRICANE; MONSOON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

INDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994716605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016MS000668     Document Type: Article

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