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Relationships between tropical cyclone intensity and satellite-based indicators of inner core convection: 85-GHz ice-scattering signature and lightning
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A key component in the maintenance and intensification of tropical cyclones is the transverse circulation, which transports mass and momentum and provides latent heat release via inner core convective updrafts. This study examines these updrafts indirectly, using satellite-borne observations of the scattering of upwelling microwave radiation by precipitation-sized ice particles and satellite-borne observations of lightning. The observations are then compared to tropical cyclo...
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Third COMPARE workshop: A model intercomparison experiment of tropical cyclone intensity and track prediction
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
; ABSTRACT The Third Comparison of Mesoscale Prediction and Research Experiment (COMPARE) workshop was held in Tokyo, Japan, on 13-15 December 1999, cosponsored by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the World Meteorological Organization. The third case of
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Statistical, 5-day tropical cyclone intensity forecasts derived from climatology and persistence
Weather and Forecasting
; NCEP NOTES ABSTRACT Tropical cyclone track forecasting has improved recently to the point at which extending the official forecasts of both track and intensity to 5 days is being considered at the National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Current verification procedures at
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Environmental Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensity
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
; ABSTRACT The influence of various environmental factors on tropical cyclone intensity is explored using a simple coupled ocean-atmosphere model. It is first demonstrated that this model is capable of accurately replicating the intensity evolution of storms that move over oceans whose upper thermal
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Climate and Tropical Cyclone Activity: A New Model Downscaling Approach
Journal of Climate
; ABSTRACT While there is a pressing need to understand and predict the response of tropical cyclones to climate change, global climate models are at present too coarse to resolve tropical cyclones to the extent necessary to simulate their intensity, and their ability to simulate genesis is
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Seasonal Forecasting of Tropical Cyclone Landfall over Mozambique
Journal of Climate
; ABSTRACT The 2000 tropical cyclone season over the South Indian Ocean (SIO) was exceptional in terms of tropical cyclone landfall over Mozambique. Observed data suggest that SIO tropical cyclones have a track significantly more zonal during a La Nina event and tend to be more frequent when local
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