An Evaluation of 700 mb Aircraft Reconnaissance Data for Selected Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclones.
Abstract
The 700 mb aircraft reconnaissance data for 25 selected northwest Pacific tropical cyclones were analyzed and compared with similar data for Atlantic tropical cyclones. Correlations of observed winds and winds calculated from the height gradient indicated that the cyclostrophic equation provided a very good approximation of the observed winds, although the root mean square and bias errors suggested that a gradient wind expression was a slightly better estimate. A wind-radius relationship evaluated by Shea and Gray (1972) for Atlantic cyclones was shown to apply very well for this data set also. Based on the surface pressure-equivalent potential temperature relationship noted by Malkus and Riehl (1960), it is proposed that periods of rapid/explosive deepening are related to the inward transport to the eyewall of pulses of high equivalent potential temperature air. The evaluation of the aircraft reconnaissance data from super typhoons suggests, but does not provide conclusive proof, that such pulses do exist.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA137362
Entities
People
- G. M. Dunnavan
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School