Value Used Normal Value Control Parameter ---------- ------------ ----------------- Model Control Parameters: 25 25 Days Length of model run 3 3 hours Time interval over which plots are updated 150 150 kilometers Maximum radius in plots Starting Vortex Properties: n n Restart from end of last run? (y or n) 15 15 meters per second Maximum wind speed (Note: to get MPH, multiply this number by 2.24) 80 80 kilometers Radius from center at which wind speed is a maximum 350 350 kilometers Radius from center at which wind speed falls off to zero Atmospheric Environmental Parameters: 27 27 degrees centigrade Sea surface temperature -70 -70 degrees centigrade Environmental temperature at highest level to which storm penetrates 80 80% Relative humidity of undisturbed environmental air near the surface 20 20 degrees Average latitude at which storm occurs 0 0 days Time until storm becomes influenced by wind shear 2 2 meters per second Magnitude of wind shear Land Environmental Parameters: 40 40 days Time until storm makes landfall pln pln Type of land surface: plain (pln), hilly(hill), mtns (mtn), swamp (swmp) 1.0 1 meter Depth of standing water in swamp Oceanic Environmental Parameters: n n (no) Do you want ocean mixing turned on? (n for no, or y for yes) 7 7 meters per second Speed with which storm moves over ocean 20 20 days Time for storm center to reach center of ocean eddy 30 30 meters Peak ocean mixed layer depth anomaly in eddy (can be + or -) 400 400 kilometers Radius of ocean eddy Output Format: y y (yes) Do you want dimensional ouput? (y for yes, n for nondimensional) tab tab Output separators: tab (tab), comma (csv), none (non) or both (bth) Advanced Model Control Parameters: 50 50 Number of radial nodes 20 20 seconds Time step 1200 1200 kilometers Radius of outer wall Advanced Atmospheric Environmental Control Parameters: 40 40% Relative humidity of undisturbed lower and middle troposphere 40 40% Relative humidity in core of initial vortex 100 100 km Radius of core of initial vortex 1005 1005 hPa Undisturbed surface pressure 1.0 1 X 10^-3 Value of surface drag coefficient at low winds speed 3 3 X 10^-5 s/m Rate of change of drag coefficient with wind speed 3 3 X 10^-3 Capping value of drag coefficient 1 1 Ratio of enthalpy exchange to drag coefficients 0.01 0.01 Turbulent mixing length, in fraction of potential radius interval 6 6 hours Radiative relaxation time scale 2.0 2 degrees/day Capping magnitude of radiative cooling rate 1 2 hours Convective adjustment time scale 0.45 0.45 Fraction of convective entropy detrained into lower troposphere 50 50 hPa Boundary layer depth Advanced Oceanic Environmental Control Parameters: 30 30 meters Undisturbed ocean mixed layer depth 0.6 0.6 degree C Temperature jump at base of mixed layer 8 8 degrees C/100 meters Sub mixed layer ocean thermal stratification