• DocumentCode
    1350360
  • Title

    HWRFx: Improving Hurricane Forecasts with High-Resolution Modeling

  • Author

    Zhang, Xuejin ; Yeh, Kao-San ; Quirino, Thiago S. ; Gopalakrishnan, Sundararaman G. ; Marks, Frank D. ; Goldenberg, Stanley B., Jr. ; Aberson, Sim

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    13
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    Using the hurricane weather research and forecasting experimental modeling system (HWRFx), researchers examined the impact of increased model resolution on system performance in forecasting a select sample of tropical cyclones from the 2005 and 2007 hurricane seasons.
  • Keywords
    geophysics computing; storms; weather forecasting; HWRFx; forecasting experimental modeling system; hurricane weather research; tropical cyclone; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Hurricanes; Predictive models; Weather forecasting; Hurricane forecasts; high-performance computing; numerical modeling; scientific computing; tropical cyclones;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2010.121
  • Filename
    5601668