Recurvature Dynamics of a Typhoon

Abstract

This paper deals with high resolution numerical weather prediction experiments for the recent Bangladesh Tropical Cyclone (April 1991). This devastating storm resulted in well over 100,000 deaths. The results from global model experiments carried out at a horizontal resolution of 213 waves (triangular truncation) and from a regional model at a horizontal resolution of 46 km are presented. Recent improvements in the model's parameterization of cumulus convection, land surface parameterization (the specification of ground wetness), enhanced evaporation over low wind speed regions were included in the sensitivity studies reviewed here.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276792

Entities

People

  • T. N. Krishnamurti

Organizations

  • Florida State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arabian Sea
  • Bangladesh
  • Cyclones
  • Data Sets
  • Dynamics
  • High Resolution
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Storms
  • Surface Temperature
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Universities
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
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