Dynamical Influences of Anvil Shading on Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms
Dynamical Influences of Anvil Shading on Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms
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砧遮蔽对模拟超级单体雷暴的动力学影响
DOI:
10.1175/mwr-d-12-00146.1
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
P. Markowski
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作者:
Jeffrey Frame;P. Markowski
AbstractNumerical simulations of supercell thunderstorms including parameterized radiative transfer and surface fluxes are performed using the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) model to investigate how low-level air temperature deficits within anvil shadows affect the simulated storms. The maximum temperature deficits within the modeled cloud shadows are 1.5–2.0 K, which is only about half that previously observed. Within the shadows, the loss of strong solar heating cools and stabilizes the near-surface layer, which suppresses vertical mixing and modifies the near-surface vertical wind shear. In a case of a stationary storm, the enhanced easterly shear present beneath the anvil leads to a thinning of the outflow layer and corresponding acceleration of the rear-flank gust front far ahead of the overlying updraft, weakening the low-level mesocyclone. It is further shown that the direct absorption and emission of radiation by clouds does not significantly affect the simulated supercells. Varying th...