Increased sensitivity of tropical cyclogenesis to wind shear in higher SST environments

Details Increased sensitivity of tropical cyclogenesis to wind shear in higher SST environments Increased sensitivity of tropical cyclogenesis to wind shear in higher SST environments

Jul 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3514805n&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 14, CiteID L14805

Physics

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Atmospheric Processes: Tropical Meteorology, Atmospheric Processes: Mesoscale Meteorology, Atmospheric Processes: Climate Change And Variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513)

Scientific paper

A new method for evaluating the sensitivity of tropical cyclone (TC) genesis to environmental parameters involves the simulation of tropical cyclone development with a cloud-resolving model in environments of radiative-convective equilibrium (RCE) generated by the same model. This method is extended to allow for the incorporation of mean wind shear into the RCE states, thus providing much more realistic and relevant simulations of TC genesis. The ``finite-amplitude'' nature of tropical cyclogenesis is reproduced, with cyclogenesis resulting only when the initial vortex strength is sufficient, which in turn depends on the environmental parameters. For fixed thermodynamic parameters, the required initial vortex strength necessary for genesis increases with the mean wind shear. However, an unexpected result has been obtained, that increasing sea surface temperature (SST) does not allow TC genesis to overcome greater shear. In fact, the opposite trend is found, that shear is more effective in suppressing TC genesis when the SST is higher. This increased sensitivity can be explained by several factors, such as the higher altitude of the developing mid-level vortex, stronger downdrafts, and increased static stability, all of which allow the shear to be more effective in disrupting the developing cyclone

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