Analysis of Data from TCS-08

Abstract

The long-term goals of this project are to understand better the mechanisms operative in tropical cyclogenesis and to transfer this knowledge to large-scale models in order to improve forecasts of tropical storm formation. Since convection constitutes the biggest uncertainty in this process, our focus is to understand how convection affects and is affected by cyclone-scale flows. Our objective in this segment of the program was to use our vorticity and thermodynamic analyses of developing and non-developing tropical cyclones to understand better the process of tropical cyclogenesis. In addition to results from TCS-08, we have added results from ITOP and the NSF-funded PREDICT project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA580822

Entities

People

  • David J. Raymond

Organizations

  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Convection
  • Convergence
  • Cyclogenesis
  • Cyclones
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Doppler Radar
  • Entropy
  • Information Operations
  • Instability
  • Models
  • New Mexico
  • Scale Models
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tropical Cyclones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal Oceanography