On the Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Hurricane-Like Vortex SymmetrizationSource: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2010:;Volume( 067 ):;issue: 011::page 3559DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3499.1Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Despite the fact that asymmetries in hurricanes, such as spiral rainbands, polygonal eyewalls, and mesovortices, have long been observed in radar and satellite imagery, many aspects of their origin, space?time structure, and dynamics still remain unsolved, particularly their role on the vortex intensification. The underlying inner-core dynamics need to be better understood to improve the science of hurricane intensity forecasting. To fill this gap, a simple 2D barotropic ?dry? model is used to perform two experiments starting respectively with a monopole and a ring of enhanced vorticity to mimic hurricane-like vortices during incipient and mature stages of development. The empirical normal mode (ENM) technique, together with the Eliassen?Palm (EP) flux calculations, are used to isolate wave modes from the model datasets to investigate their space?time structure, kinematics, and the impact on the changes in the structure and intensity of the simulated hurricane-like vortices. From the ENM diagnostics, it is shown in the first experiment how an incipient storm described by a vortex monopole intensifies by ?inviscid damping? of a ?discrete-like? vortex Rossby wave (VRW) or quasi mode. The critical radius, the structure, and the propagating properties of the quasi mode are found to be consistent with predictions of the linear eigenmode analysis of small perturbations. In the second experiment, the fastest growing wavenumber-4 unstable VRW modes of a vortex ring reminiscent of a mature hurricane are extracted, and their relation with the polygonal eyewalls, mesovortices, and the asymmetric eyewall contraction are established in consistency with results previously obtained from other authors.
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contributor author | Martinez, Y. | |
contributor author | Brunet, G. | |
contributor author | Yau, M. K. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T16:34:33Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T16:34:33Z | |
date copyright | 2010/11/01 | |
date issued | 2010 | |
identifier issn | 0022-4928 | |
identifier other | ams-70278.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4212041 | |
description abstract | Despite the fact that asymmetries in hurricanes, such as spiral rainbands, polygonal eyewalls, and mesovortices, have long been observed in radar and satellite imagery, many aspects of their origin, space?time structure, and dynamics still remain unsolved, particularly their role on the vortex intensification. The underlying inner-core dynamics need to be better understood to improve the science of hurricane intensity forecasting. To fill this gap, a simple 2D barotropic ?dry? model is used to perform two experiments starting respectively with a monopole and a ring of enhanced vorticity to mimic hurricane-like vortices during incipient and mature stages of development. The empirical normal mode (ENM) technique, together with the Eliassen?Palm (EP) flux calculations, are used to isolate wave modes from the model datasets to investigate their space?time structure, kinematics, and the impact on the changes in the structure and intensity of the simulated hurricane-like vortices. From the ENM diagnostics, it is shown in the first experiment how an incipient storm described by a vortex monopole intensifies by ?inviscid damping? of a ?discrete-like? vortex Rossby wave (VRW) or quasi mode. The critical radius, the structure, and the propagating properties of the quasi mode are found to be consistent with predictions of the linear eigenmode analysis of small perturbations. In the second experiment, the fastest growing wavenumber-4 unstable VRW modes of a vortex ring reminiscent of a mature hurricane are extracted, and their relation with the polygonal eyewalls, mesovortices, and the asymmetric eyewall contraction are established in consistency with results previously obtained from other authors. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | On the Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Hurricane-Like Vortex Symmetrization | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 67 | |
journal issue | 11 | |
journal title | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/2010JAS3499.1 | |
journal fristpage | 3559 | |
journal lastpage | 3580 | |
tree | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2010:;Volume( 067 ):;issue: 011 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |