Case Studies of Selected 2004-2008 North Atlantic TCs

General Description

Below are a series of animations from WRF-ARW simulations of selected TCs during the 2004-2008 North Atlantic TC seasons. These simulations may eventually be part of the "case studies" section of my Ph.D. thesis. Currently, the animations shown below were run at coarse resolution to assess which cases may be the best candidates for future high-resolution simulations.

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The following two links are from a 144-hour simulation of Gabrielle (2007). This simulation was initalized at 0000 UTC 4 Sept 2007 using the 1.0 degree NCEP-GFS analysis (also used for boundary conditions).
Here are the specs for the model run:
27-km horizontal resolution over a 296x197 domain, with 47 vertical levels up to 50 hPa
Kain-Fritsch convective parameterization [updated version described in Kain (2004)]
YSU PBL scheme; WSM 6 class microphysics; Noah LSM; Dudhia radiation (see bottom of images for additional specs)

Sea-level pressure, 1000-500 hPa thickness, and 300 hPa wind speed: 00Z 4 Sept 2007 init
Potential vorticity and wind on the 340 K isentropic surface, and sea-level pressure: 00Z 4 Sept 2007 init
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The following two links are from a 168-hour simulation of a null case near the Florida coast in Sept. 2007 ("null-Jerry"). This simulation was initalized at 0000 UTC 16 Sept 2007 using the 1.0 degree NCEP-GFS analysis (also used for boundary conditions).
Here are the specs for the model run:
27-km horizontal resolution over a 290x225 domain, with 47 vertical levels up to 50 hPa
Kain-Fritsch convective parameterization [updated version described in Kain (2004)]
YSU PBL scheme; WSM 6 class microphysics; Noah LSM; Dudhia radiation (see bottom of images for additional specs)

Sea-level pressure, 1000-500 hPa thickness, and 300 hPa wind speed: 00Z 16 Sept 2007 init
Potential vorticity and wind on the 340 K isentropic surface, and sea-level pressure: 00Z 16 Sept 2007 init
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The following two links are from a 168-hour simulation of Hurricane Ophelia from Sep. 2005. This simulation was initalized at 0000 UTC 2 Sept 2005 using the 1.0 degree NCEP-GFS analysis (also used for boundary conditions).
Here are the specs for the model run:
27-km horizontal resolution over a 290x225 domain, with 47 vertical levels up to 50 hPa
Kain-Fritsch convective parameterization [updated version described in Kain (2004)]
YSU PBL scheme; WSM 6 class microphysics; Noah LSM; Dudhia radiation (see bottom of images for additional specs)

Sea-level pressure, 1000-500 hPa thickness, and 300 hPa wind speed: 00Z 2 Sept 2005 init
Potential vorticity and wind on the 340 K isentropic surface, and sea-level pressure: 00Z 2 Sept 2005 init
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