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The Surprising Roles of Turbulence in Tropical Cyclone Physics
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: Received: 22 April 2023 / Approved: 23 April 2023 / Online: 23 April 2023 (07:38:59 CEST)
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Emanuel, K.; Velez-Pardo, M.; Cronin, T.W. The Surprising Roles of Turbulence in Tropical Cyclone Physics. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 1254. Emanuel, K.; Velez-Pardo, M.; Cronin, T.W. The Surprising Roles of Turbulence in Tropical Cyclone Physics. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 1254.
Abstract
Tropical cyclones have long been known to be powered by turbulent enthalpy fluxes from the ocean surface and retarded by turbulent momentum fluxes into the surface. Here were review evidence that the development and structure of these storms are also partially controlled by turbulence in the outflow near the storm top. Finally, we present new research that shows that tropical cyclone-like, low-aspect-ratio vortices are most likely in systems in which the bottom heat flux is controlled by mechanical turbulence and the top boundary is insulating.
Keywords
Tropical cyclone; hurricane; turbulence; convection; Rayleigh-Benard
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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