An Observational and Modeling Study of Air-Sea Fluxes at Very High Wind Speeds

Abstract

Our ultimate objective is to understand and be able to predict changes in the intensities of hurricanes. Over the last three decades, there has been considerable improvement in both our understanding and our ability to predict the tracks of hurricanes, but there is, by contrast, little skill in predicting hurricane intensity change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA627382

Entities

People

  • Kerry Emanuel
  • Peter Black

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Angular Momentum
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Contrast
  • Cyclones
  • Enthalpy
  • Hurricanes
  • Intensity
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Momentum
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Radial Velocity
  • Reconnaissance Aircraft
  • Storms
  • Tropical Cyclones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation