Research Article

Modeling the Impacts of the Large-Scale Atmospheric Environment on Inland Flooding during the Landfall of Hurricane Floyd (1999)

Table 1

The observed and the CTRL experiment simulated total precipitations (in mm) on September 16 and 17, 1999 at the weather stations. Differences in percentage between the simulated and observed precipitation are also given.

Station nameStation IDLatitudeLongitudeObserved total precipitation (mm)Simulated total precipitation (mm)Differences between simulated and observed total precipitations (%)
Domain 1Domain 2Domain 3Domain 1Domain 2Domain 3

Arcola31024136.29−77.982242252442511912
Enfield31282736.17−77.68259310321323202425
Greenville31363835.64−77.403143183073121−2−1
Henderson 2 NNW31396936.35−78.4113414315215471415
Louisburg31512336.10−78.30204161162161−22−21−21
Oxford AG31651036.31−78.61138125116117−10−16−15
Roxboro 7 ESE31751636.35−78.89123929091−25−27−26
Rougemont31749936.22−78.85115929896−20−15−16
Snow Hill 2 SW31806035.53−77.68387385404386−150
Scotland Neck No. 231772536.14−77.42277377407409364748
Williamston 1 E31944035.85−77.03326292308308−11−6−6
Wilson 3 SW31947635.70−77.95259253284300−21016
Zebulon 3 SW31992335.78−78.35237175178189−26−25−20