The impact of gradient wind imbalance on tropical cyclone intensification within Ooyama’s three-layer model
The impact of gradient wind imbalance on tropical cyclone intensification within Ooyama’s three-layer model
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大山三层模型中梯度风不平衡对热带气旋增强的影响
DOI:
10.1175/jas-d-15-0336.1
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Frisius
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作者:
Frisius
This paper addresses the validity of the gradient wind balance approximation during the intensification phase of a tropical cyclone in Ooyama’s three-layer model. For this purpose, the sensitivity to various model modifications is examined, given by the inclusion of (i) unbalanced dynamics in the free atmosphere, (ii) unbalanced dynamics in the slab boundary layer, (iii) a height-parameterized boundary layer model, and (iv) a rigid lid. The most rapid intensification occurs when the model employs the unbalanced slab boundary layer, while the simulation with the balanced boundary layer reveals the slowest intensification. The simulation with the realistic height-parameterized boundary layer model exhibits an intensification rate that lies in between. Intensification is induced by a convective ring in all experiments, but a distinct contraction of the radius of maximum gradient wind only takes place with unbalanced boundary layer dynamics. In all experiments the rigid lid and the balance approximation for the free atmosphere have no crucial impact on intensification, and a linear stability analysis cannot explain the found sensitivity to intensification. Most likely the nonlinear momentum advection term plays an important role in the boundary layer. It is found on the basis of a diagnostic radial mass flux equation that the source term for latent heat provides the largest contribution to intensification and contraction. Furthermore, it turns out that the position of the convective ring inside or outside of the radius of maximum gradient wind (RMGW) is of vital importance for intensification and most likely explains the large impact of boundary layer imbalance.
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影响因子:
8.9
作者:
D. Schecter
通讯作者:
D. Schecter
影响因子:
8.9
作者:
D. Schecter;T. Dunkerton
通讯作者:
D. Schecter;T. Dunkerton
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
Hausman, SA;Ooyama, KV;Schubert, WH
通讯作者:
Schubert, WH
影响因子:
8.9
作者:
T. Frisius;T. Hasselbeck
通讯作者:
T. Frisius;T. Hasselbeck
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发表时间:
2014
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影响因子:
--
作者:
T. Frisius
通讯作者:
T. Frisius