Diagnostic Studies of Explosive Maritime Cyclogenesis
Abstract
In selecting cases for study, it was proposed to give priority to those that were extensively documented and scrutinized by the synoptic community, allowing application of novel and unfamiliar diagnostic approaches on well-understood cases. Specific issues to be pursued were: (1) determining whether conventional quasi-geostrophic dynamics can explain the rapid evolution of ERICA-type storms qualitatively or whether more general dynamics should be invoked; (2) quantifying the relative importance of dynamical, diabatic, and frictional processes in rapid development; and (3) establishing the extent to which rapid development is an exceptional response to ordinary forcing or an ordinary response to exceptional forcing. Following the initiation of the research project, it was decided to broaden the scope of the research, both to take advantage of unforeseen opportunities and to compensate for unanticipated delays, the latter involving the recruitment of highly qualified graduate students and the development of the appropriate diagnostic tools for performing the proposed research. A concise summary of each task completed during the period of the contract is now presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA245733
Entities
People
- Daniel Keyser
Organizations
- State University of New York at Albany