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Simulation of very severe cyclone Mala over Bay of Bengal with HWRF modeling system

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  • Sujata Pattanayak
  • U. Mohanty
  • S. Gopalakrishnan

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Tropical cyclone is one of the most devastating weather phenomena all over the world. The Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) of the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) has developed a sophisticated mesoscale model known as Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) system for tropical cyclone studies. The state-of-the-art HWRF model (atmospheric component) has been used in simulating most of the features our present study of a very severe tropical cyclone “Mala”, which developed on April 26 over the Bay of Bengal and crossed the Arakan coast of Myanmar on April 29, 2006. The initial and lateral boundary conditions are obtained from Global Forecast System (GFS) analysis and forecast fields of the NCEP, respectively. The performance of the model is evaluated with simulation of cyclone Mala with six different initial conditions at an interval of 12 h each from 00 UTC 25 April 2006 to 12 UTC 27 April 2006. The best result in terms of track and intensity forecast as obtained from different initial conditions is further investigated for large-scale fields and structure of the cyclone. For this purpose, a number of important predicted fields’ viz. central pressure/pressure drop, winds, precipitation, etc. are verified against observations/verification analysis. Also, some of the simulated diagnostic fields such as relative vorticity, pressure vertical velocity, heat fluxes, precipitation rate, and moisture convergences are investigated for understanding of the characteristics of the cyclone in more detail. The vector displacement errors in track forecasts are calculated with the estimated best track provided by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The results indicate that the model is able to capture most of the features of cyclone Mala with reasonable accuracy. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

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  • Sujata Pattanayak & U. Mohanty & S. Gopalakrishnan, 2012. "Simulation of very severe cyclone Mala over Bay of Bengal with HWRF modeling system," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 63(3), pages 1413-1437, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:63:y:2012:i:3:p:1413-1437
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9863-z
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    1. M. Mandal & U. Mohanty & P. Sinha & M. Ali, 2007. "Impact of sea surface temperature in modulating movement and intensity of tropical cyclones," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 41(3), pages 413-427, June.
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    1. A. Das & Y. Rama Rao & Vijay Tallapragada & Zhan Zhang & S. Roy Bhowmik & Arun Sharma, 2015. "Evaluation of the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model for tropical cyclone forecasts over the North Indian Ocean (NIO)," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 75(2), pages 1205-1221, January.

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