1. Improving Numerical Weather Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones Through a Better Understanding of Surface and Boundary Layer Processes Open Access Author: Green, Benjamin Weiss Title: Improving Numerical Weather Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones Through a Better Understanding of Surface and Boundary Layer Processes Graduate Program: Meteorology Keywords: Tropical cycloneshurricanesair-sea interactionnumerical weather predictionweather forecasting File: Download bwgPhd_v4_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorFuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-ChairRaymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee MemberMarcelo Chamecki, Committee MemberJinchao Xu, Special MemberChristopher Davis, Special Member