Tropical Cyclone Structure (TCS08) Field Experiment Science Basis, Observational Platforms, and Strategy
Tropical Cyclone Structure (TCS08) Field Experiment Science Basis, Observational Platforms, and Strategy
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发表时间:
2008-08
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2.3
通讯作者:
R. Elsberry;P. Harr
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作者:
R. Elsberry;P. Harr
The Tropical Cyclone Structure (TCS08) in cooperation with the THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) during August and September 2008 is the most significant tropical cyclone-related field experiment in the western North Pacific since 1990. This article will summarize the science basis, observational platforms, and strategy for the TCS08. The tropical cyclone formation component of TCS08 will address the multi-scale aspects, but the primary focus will be on a ventilation hypothesis and a marsupial paradigm on the synoptic scale, and a top-down and a bottom-up hypothesis on the mesoscale. A number of numerical modeling, adjoint sensitivity and targeting, and observational studies are supporting the TCS08 formation component. The primary foci of the structure change component of TCS08 are changes associated with secondary eyewall formation, air-sea interaction impacts via boundary layer rolls and the ocean response and feedback, and understanding of superintensity. A major objective of the TCS08 structure change component is to make in situ observations of the intensity and structure and their changes for validating satellite-based techniques. Numerical modeling and data assimilation studies will also support the structure change component. The long-range lightning network in the western North Pacific is being augmented with at least five new stations and these observations will be correlated with intensity changes in conjunction with modeling studies. An open data policy applies to both TCS08 and T-PARC, and researchers are encouraged to collaborate in the field experiments and in the analyses, numerical modeling, and interpretations of the TCS08 data sets.