Tropical cyclogenesis: a numerical diagnosis based on helical flow organization
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Levina, G. V.
Montgomery, M. T.
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2014
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IOP Publishing
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A numerical diagnosis for tropical cyclogenesis is proposed based on near-cloud-resolving atmosphere simulation. Calculation and analyses of helical and energetic characteristics together with hydro- and thermodynamic flow fields aloe the diagnosis of tropical cyclogenesis as an event when the primary and secondary circulations become linked on systems scales thereby making the nascent large-scale vortex helical. A key process of vertical vorticity generation from horizontal components and its amplification by special convective coherent structures - Vortex Hot Towers (VHTs) - is highlighted. The process is found to be a pathway for generation of a velocity field with linked vortex lines of horizontal and vertical vorticity on local and systems scales. the role of VHTs as connectors of the primary and secondary circulation is emphasized.
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The article of record as published may be found at http://doi:10.1088/1742-6596/544/1/012013
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Department of Meteorology
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Naval Postgraduate School
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The work is supported by the Russian Academy of Sciences, Program of OEMMPU 12-T-1-1008, and the U.S. National Science Foundation, Grant ATM-07333808
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The work is supported by the Russian Academy of Sciences, Program of OEMMPU 12-T-1-1008, and the U.S. National Science Foundation, Grant ATM-07333808
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10 p.
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Journal of Physcis Conference Series 544, (2014) 012013 doi:10.1088/1742-6595/544/1/012013
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