Convection and Shear Flow in TC Development and Intensification

Abstract

LONG TERM GOALS: To study the dynamic processes of tropical cyclone (TC) development in the western North Pacific through field observational data and theoretical modeling. OBJECTIVES: The objectives are: (1) to study the convection and vorticity generations in the vortex environment that may lead to the development and intensification of TC; (2) to study the development and evolution of deep moist mesoscale convective system subject to strain effect due to the horizontal shear associated with the vortex rotation; (3) to study the offsetting between (1) and (2); (4) to study nonlinear interactions that may lead to additional strain effects that may impact on the convection in ways that are not yet known.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557096

Entities

People

  • C. H. Liu
  • C. P. Chang
  • H. C. Kuo

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Classification
  • Convection
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Flow
  • Ground Clutter
  • High Resolution
  • Information Operations
  • Meteorology
  • Rain Gages
  • Reflectivity
  • Shear Flow
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • X Band

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Theoretical Analysis.