Heating, Cooling, and Rapid Intensity Change in Tropical Cyclones
Abstract
Funds are provided to investigate the transfer of heat from the warm ocean to cool atmosphere, a fundamental process in tropical cyclone (TC) genesis, intensification, and structure change. The central objectives of this research are to improve our understanding of diabatic heating and cooling during TC rapid intensification. The proposed research will accomplish these objectives through an analysis of field observations in conjunction with high-resolution numerical modeling. The central hypothesis of this research is that RI is caused by high effciency diabatic heating and associated potential vorticity generation that requires cooperation across multiple spatial and temporal scales. These key research questions will be addressed as part of the proposed work in collaboration with the TCRI DRI Science Team.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 09, 2020
- Source ID
- N000142012069
Entities
People
- Michael M Bell
Organizations
- Colorado State University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy