Roles of the Synoptic-Scale Wave Train, the Intraseasonal Oscillation, and High-Frequency Eddies in the Genesis of Typhoon Manyi (2001)

Abstract

xperiments using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model were conducted to investigate the effects of multiscale motions on the genesis of Typhoon Manyi (2001) in the western North Pacific. The precursor signal associated with this typhoon genesis was identified as a northwest?southeast-oriented synoptic-scale wave train (SWT). The model successfully simulated the genesis of the typhoon in the wake of the SWT. Further experiments were conducted to isolate the effects of the SWT, the intraseasonal oscillation (ISO), and high-frequency (shorter than 3 days) eddies in the typhoon formation.Removing the SWT in the initial and boundary conditions eliminates the typhoon genesis. This points out the importance of the SWT in the typhoon genesis. It was noted that the SWT strengthened the wake cyclone through southeastward energy dispersion. The strengthening wake cyclone triggered multiple episodes of strong sustained convective updrafts, leading to aggregation of vertical vorticity and formation of a self-amplified mesoscale core vortex through a ?bottom up? development process. Removing the ISO flow eliminates the typhoon genesis, as the ISO significantly modulated the strength of the SWT through accumulation of wave activity. In the absence of SWT?ISO-scale interaction, the southeastward energy dispersion was weakened significantly, and thus the strengthening of the wake cyclone did not occur. As a result, the successive strong sustained convective updrafts disappeared. Removing the high-frequency eddies did not eliminate the typhoon genesis but postponed the genesis for about 36 h.