Simulated Sensitivity of the Tropical Cyclone Eyewall Replacement Cycle to the Ambient Temperature Profile

作     者：Xulin MA Jie HE Xuyang GE 

作者机构：Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological DisastersKey Laboratory of Meteorological DisasterNanjing University of Information Science and Technology 

出 版 物：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》 (大气科学进展（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第34卷第9期

页      面：1047-1056页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 09[农学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：sponsored by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41575056) the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB452803) the Special Fund Project for Meteorology Research in the Public Interest (Grant No. 201506007) the Key Technology Integration and Application Project of the China Meteorological Administration the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions 

主　　题：tropical cyclone eyewall replacement cycle ambient temperature profile 

摘      要：In this study, the impacts of the environmental temperature profile on the tropical cyclone eyewall replacement cycle are examined using idealized numerical simulations. It is found that the environmental thermal condition can greatly affect the formation and structure of a secondary eyewall and the intensity change during the eyewall replacement cycle. Simulation with a warmer thermal profile produces a larger moat and a prolonged eyewall replacement cycle. It is revealed that the enhanced static stability greatly suppresses convection, and thus causes slow secondary eyewall formation. The possible processes influencing the decay of inner eyewall convection are investigated. It is revealed that the demise of the inner eyewall is related to a choking effect associated with outer eyewall convection, the radial distribution of moist entropy fluxes within the moat region, the enhanced static stability in the inner-core region, and the interaction between the inner and outer eyewalls due to the barotropic instability. This study motivates further research into how environmental conditions influence tropical cyclone dynamics and thermodynamics.