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    Simulated Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclone Size and Structure to the Atmospheric Temperature Profile

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    Author
    Stovern, Diana R.
    Ritchie, Elizabeth A.
    Affiliation
    Univ Arizona, Dept Atmospher Sci
    Issue Date
    2016-11
    
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    AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
    Citation
    Simulated Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclone Size and Structure to the Atmospheric Temperature Profile 2016, 73 (11):4553 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
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    Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
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    © 2016 American Meteorological Society.
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    This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
    Abstract
    This study uses the WRF ARW to investigate how different atmospheric temperature environments impact the size and structure development of a simulated tropical cyclone (TC). In each simulation, the entire vertical virtual temperature profile is either warmed or cooled in 1 degrees C increments from an initial specified state while the initial relative humidity profile and sea surface temperature are held constant. This alters the initial amount of convective available potential energy (CAPE), specific humidity, and air-sea temperature difference such that, when the simulated atmosphere is cooled (warmed), the initial specific humidity and CAPE decrease (increase), but the surface energy fluxes from the ocean increase (decrease). It is found that the TCs that form in an initially cooler environment develop larger wind and precipitation fields with more active outer-core rainband formation. Consistent with previous studies, outer-core rainband formation is associated with high surface energy fluxes, which leads to increases in the outer-core wind field. A larger convective field develops despite initializing in a low CAPE environment, and the dynamics are linked to a wider field of surface radial inflow. As the TC matures and radial inflow expands, large imports of relative angular momentum in the boundary layer continue to drive expansion of the TC's overall size.
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    Published Online: 28 October 2016; 6 Month Embargo.
    ISSN
    0022-4928
    1520-0469
    DOI
    10.1175/JAS-D-15-0186.1
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    Final published version
    Sponsors
    National Science Foundation Physical and Dynamic Meteorology Program [AGS-0822660]
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    http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0186.1
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