On steady-state tropical cyclones
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Authors
Smith, Roger K.
Montgomery, Michael T.
Persing, John
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hurricanes
tropical cyclones
typhoons
steady-state
tropical cyclones
typhoons
steady-state
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2014-10
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Abstract
Weexamine the physical constraints thatmust be satisfied to allow for a steady-state tropical
cyclone in an isolated environment, paying particular attention to the need to replenish
absolute angularmomentum at exactly the rate at which it is consumed and to the vanishing
of the spin-up function above the frictional boundary layer. We conclude that it is unlikely
that these conditions will bemet simultaneously and question whether globally steady-state
tropical cyclone solutions have merit. The implications for previous studies are discussed.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2329
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Meteorology
Meteorology
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MTM acknowledges the support of NSF Grant AGS-0733380.
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorology Society, Vol. 140: pp. 2638–2649, October 2014 B DOI:10.1002/qj.2329
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.