Satellite-Based Assessment of Various Cloud Microphysics Schemes in Simulating Typhoon Hydrometeors

Figure 3

Comparisons of the intensity of typhoon Neoguri during 0000 UTC 3 July to 0000 UTC 10 July 2014 at 6 h intervals: (a) minimum sea level pressure (MSLP) and (b) maximum surface wind speed (MWS), for the best track (JTWC) and the model simulations. The black solid lines indicate JTWC; the green curves, WSM6; the cyan curves, GSFC; the blue curves, THOM; the golden curves, MORR; and the pink curves, NSSL. At the top of panel (b), the times of the FY-3B observations are shown by short lines. The stages defined in this study (see text) are also shown at the top as FM (formation), DV (developing), MT (mature), and DC (decaying). The simulations began at 1200 UTC each day from 2 to 8 July 2014 and then integrated forward for 36 hours, with 12-hour spin-up time.

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