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Super Typhoon Haiyan was the most notable typhoon in 2013. In this study, results from the operational prediction of Haiyan by a tropical regional typhoon model for the South China Sea are analyzed. It is shown that the model has successfully reproduced Haiyan’s rapid passage through the Philippines and its northward deflection after its second landfall in Vietnam. However, the predicted intensity of Haiyan is weaker than the observed. An analysis of higher-resolution model simulations indicates that the storm is characterized by an upper-level warm core during its mature stage and a deep layer of easterly flow. Sensitivity experiments are conducted to study the impact of certain physical processes such as the interaction between stratus and cumulus clouds on the improvement of the typhoon intensity forecast. It is found that appropriate boundary layer and cumulus convective parameterizations, and orographic gravity-wave parameterization, as well as improved initial conditions and increased horizontal grid resolution, all help to improve the intensity forecast of Haiyan.
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Supported by the China Meteorological Administration Special Public Welfare Research Fund (GYHY201206010) and Guangdong Science and Technology Research Plan (2012A061400012 and 2011A032100006).
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Chen, Z., Zhang, C., Huang, Y. et al. Track of Super Typhoon Haiyan predicted by a typhoon model for the South China Sea. J Meteorol Res 28, 510–523 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351-014-3269-2
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