Kinetic Energy Budgets during the Rapid Intensification of Typhoon Rammasun (2014)

In this study,Typhoon Rammasun(2014)was simulated using the Weather Research and Forecasting model to examine the kinetic energy during rapid intensification(RI).Budget analyses revealed that in the inner area of the typhoon,the conversion from symmetric divergent kinetic energy associated with the collocation of strong cyclonic circulation and inward flow led to an increase in the symmetric rotational kinetic energy in the lower troposphere.The increase in the symmetric rotational kinetic energy in the mid and upper troposphere resulted from the upward transport of symmetric rotational kinetic energy from the lower troposphere.In the outer area,both typhoon and Earth’s rotation played equally important roles in the conversion from symmetric divergent kinetic energy to symmetric rotational kinetic energy in the lower troposphere.The decrease in the symmetric rotational kinetic energy in the upper troposphere was caused by the conversion to asymmetric rotational kinetic energy through the collocation of symmetric tangential rotational winds and the radial advection of asymmetric tangential rotational winds by radial environmental winds.

The Kinetic Energy Budget and Circulation Characteristics of the Tropical Storm Irma during AMEX Phase Ⅱ

By using the data from observation on the Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong No.5 and other sources during AMEX phase II, the kinetic energy budget and circulation characteristics of the tropical storm Irma were analyzed.Irma formed on the ITCZ of the Southern Hemisphere. During the formative stage of the storm, the SE trades and monsoon westerlies on both sides of the ITCZ strengthened, and more importantly, there was a strong divergent flow in upper troposphere. These contributed to the intensification of Irma. At the time when Irma formed, the Richardson number (Ri) in middle and lower troposphere was much smaller than that prior to and post the formation.When Irma intensified rapidly, the area-averaged kinetic energy in the general flow increased in the whole troposphere . The largest contribution came from kinetic energy generation term, -[v.(?)(?)] .indicates that there existed a strong ageostrophic accetration. As to the generation term , the conversion of available potential energy to kinetic energy, - |ωα|, made the largest contribution. This illustrates the importance of internal sources and of the ensemble effect of cumulus convection to the kinetic energy.To the increase of area-averaged eddy kinetic energy during the rapid intensification of Irma, the most impor tant source in the whole troposphere was the dissipation term - [E'], that should be interpreted as the. feeding of eddy kinetic energy from smaller to larger scale disturbances. Another important source was generation term, - [v' (?)(?)'], in the lower troposphere. Rather small contribution came from the energy conversion from the kinetic energy of area-mean flow to eddy kinetic energy. Therefore, the eddy kinetic energy of the developing tropical disturbance extracted both from smaller an, .arger scale motions. The former was much more important than the latter In addition, the disturbance acting as a generator and exporter, generated and exported eddy kinetic energy to the environmental atmosphere.

STUDY ON KINETIC ENERGY BUDGET OF A TYPHOON——THE CONVERSION BETWEEN KINETIC ENERGIES OF DIVERGENT WINDS AND NON-DIVERGENT WINDS

This paper is the Part Ⅱ of studying the budget of kinetic energy of the typhoon No. 7507, with the emphasis on the conversion between the kinetic energy of the divergent winds and that of the non-divergent winds, and its relationship to the heating field. The main findings have been brought out as follows.

Double-averaging analysis of turbulent kinetic energy fluxes and budget based on large-eddy simulation

The turbulent flow over a channel bed roughened by three layers of closely packed spheres with a Reynolds number of Re= 15 000 is investigated using the large eddy simulation（LES） and the double-averaging（DA） method. The DA velocity is compared with the results of the corresponding laboratory experiments to validate the LES results. The existence of the types of vortex structures is demonstrated by the Q-criterion above the permeable bed. The turbulent kinetic energy（TKE） fluxes and budget are quantified and discussed. The results show that the TKE fluxes are directed downward and downstream near the virtual bed level. In the TKE budget, the form-induced diffusion rate is significant in the vicinity of the crest bed level, and the TKE production rate and the dissipation rate attain their peaks at the crest bed level and decrease sharply below it.

Numerical Simulation of the Sudden Rainstorm Associated with the Remnants of Typhoon Meranti (2010)

The Advanced Research Weather Forecasting （ARW） model was used to simulate the sudden heavy rainstorm associated with the remnants of Typhoon Meranti in September 2010. The results showed that the heavy rainfall was produced when the remnant clouds redeveloped suddenly, and the redevelopment was caused by rapid growth of micro/mesoscale convective systems （MCSs）. As cold air intruded into the warm remnant clouds, the atmosphere became convectively unstable and frontogenesis happened due to strong wind shear between weak northerly flow and strong southwesterly flow in the lower levels. Under frontogenesis-foreing and warm-air advection stimulation in updrafts, vertical convection developed intensely inside the remnant clouds, with MCSs forming and maturing along the front. The genesis and development of MCSs was due to the great progress vertical vorticity made. The moist isentropic surface became slantwise as atmospheric baroclinity intensified when cold air intruded, which reduced the convective instability of the air.Meanwhile, vertical wind shear increased because the north cold air caused the wind direction to turn from south to north with height. In accordance with slantwise vorticity development （SVD）, vertical vorticity would develop vigorously and contribute greatly to MCSs. Buoyancy, the pressure gradient, and the lifting of cold air were collectively the source of kinetic energy for rainfall. The low-level southwesterly jet from the western margin of the Western Pacific Subtropical High transported water and heat to remnant clouds. Energy bursts and continuous water vapor transportation played a major role in producing intense rainfall in a very short period of time.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INTENSIFYING AND WEAKENING LANDFALL TROPICAL CYCLONES DURING EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION OVER CHINA

Based on the Tropical Cyclone(TC) Yearbooks data and JRA-25 reanalysis data from the Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA) during 1979-2008, dynamic composite analysis and computation of kinetic energy budget are used to study the intensifying and weakening TCs during Extratropical Transition over China. The TCI shows strong upper-level divergence, strengthened low-level convergence and significantly enhanced upward motion under the influence of strong upper-level troughs and high-level jets. The TCI is correspondingly intensified after Extratropical Transition(ET); TCW exhibits strong upper-level divergence, subdued low-level convergence and slightly enhanced upward motion under the influence of weak upper-level troughs and high-level jets. It then weakens after ET. The increase(decrease) of the generation of kinetic energy by divergence wind in TCI(TCW) at low level is one of the major reasons for TCI's intensification(TCW's weakening) after transformation. The generation of kinetic energy by divergence wind is closely related to the development of a low-level baroclinic frontal zone. The growth of the generation of kinetic energy by rotational wind in TCI at upper level is favorable for TCI's maintenance, which is affected by strong upper-level troughs. The dissipation of the generation of kinetic energy by rotational wind in TCW at upper level is unfavorable for TCW's maintenance, which is affected by weak upper-level troughs.

Energetic processes regulating the strength of MJO circulation over the Maritime Continent during two types of El Ni?o

The zonal shift of SST warming patterns associated with the eastern Pacific （EP） and central Pacific （CP） El Ni（n）o leads to a significant contrast in MJO strength over the Maritime Continent.The MJO circulation tends to be stronger over the Maritime Continent during the mature phase （autumnwinter） of CP El Ni（n）o than of EP El Ni（n）o.Based on a new MJO kinetic energy （KE） budget equation,in which the effects of mean flow and high-frequency disturbances on the MJO are separated,we found that the low-level MJO gains more KE from the background mean flow during CP El Ni（n）o events,although at the same time the enhanced MJO transfers more KE to high-frequency eddies.Among the three-dimensional circulation anomalies,the low-level convergence and cyclonic anomalies associated with upward anomalies of the Walker circulation over the Maritime Continent play leading roles in inducing the enhanced barotropic energy conversion from mean flow to MJO during CP El Ni（n）o events relative to EP El Ni（n）o events.The more vigorous MJO with strengthened vertical motion and heating anomalies at the upper troposphere can maintain its amplitude through the baroclinic energy conversion from the MJO available potential energy to KE.Both the low-tomid tropospheric barotropic energy conversion from mean flow to MJO and upper-level baroclinic energy conversion contribute positively to the enhanced MJO over the Maritime Continent during CP El Ni（n）o years compared to during EP El Ni（n）o years.

The Influence of Systematic Errors on the Asian Summer Monsoon Circulation

The systematic errors of wind field associated with the prediction of Asian summer monsoon and their impact on the monsoon circulation have been studied in this paper. The daily operational analyses and fore-casts (up to day-5) of the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), India, over the Asian summer monsoon domain for the period June, July and August of 1995 are made use for the purpose. The systematic errors associated with the low level flow delineate, reduction in the strength of trade winds leading to weakening of cross equatorial flow as well as westerly flow over Indian Ocean. The upper level errors connote weakening of Tibetan anticyclone and reduction in the strength of return flow into the Southern Hemisphere. Further, these errors evince growing tendency with increase in the forecast period. Apart from the general underestimation of kinetic energy budget terms, the model forecasts fail to represent the transient eddies. The forecasts show increasing trend in the conversion of eddy to mean kinetic energy. These errors enfeeble Asian summer monsoon circulation with increase in the forecast period. Key words Monsoon - Systematic errors - Kinetic energy budget The author is grateful to the NCMRWF for providing data and computing facilities to carry out the present study.

Effect of Stokes number on energy modulation of the fluid in turbulent particle-laden channel flows

The effect of Stokes number on the kinetic energy(KE)budget in particle-laden turbulent channel flows is examined by conducting two-way coupled direct numerical simulations using the Eulerian-Lagrangian approach.The friction Reynolds number of the single phase channel flow is Re_(τ)=180,the particle mass loading and volume fraction areφ_(m)=0.2,φ_(v)≈10−4,and the Stokes numbers range from St^(+)=14–92.The statistics show that due to the presence of solid particles,the mean velocity is reduced in the vicinity of the wall but enhanced in the outer region,and the off-streamwise intensity of fluctuated velocity and the Reynolds stress are reduced in the whole channel.The analysis on the budgets of turbulent kinetic energy(TKE)finds that the presence of particles induces a significant reduction on both the production and dissipation rates.With increasing Stokes number St^(+),both the production and dissipation rates exhibit non-monotonical trends,i.e.,both initially decrease for St^(+)<40 and then transit to growth after St^(+)>40.This suggests that the particle-induced suppression on TKE production and dissipation is the strongest nearly at St^(+)=40.It is also found that particles act as an additional sink/source term in the budgets of both mean-flow kinetic energy(MKE)and TKE.In addition,we investigate the influence of St^(+)on the“zero point”which indicates the balance of exchanging energy between the particle and fluid phases.It is shown that with increasing St^(+),the“zero point”moves toward the wall,suggesting that the position of perfect following between particle and fluid is closer to the wall with larger St^(+).The present results reveal the Stokes number effects on the spatial transport mechanisms of MKE,TKE in turbulent channel flows laden with inertial particles.

Physical processes associated with movement of maximum wind of Typhoon Rammasun(2014)

In this study,the movement of the maximum wind of Typhoon Rammasun(2014)was measured by the radial movement of the maximum symmetric rotational kinetic energy.The weather research and forecasting(WRF)model was used to simulate Typhoon Rammasun,and validated simulation data for the lower troposphere were analyzed to examine the physical processes responsible for the radial movement of the maximum wind.The radii,where maximum symmetric rotational kinetic energy and its maximum tendency were located,were compared to explain radial movement.The tendency in the lower troposphere is controlled by the flux convergence of symmetric rotational kinetic energy and the conversion from symmetric divergent kinetic energy to symmetric rotational kinetic energy,as well as frictional dissipation in the symmetric rotational kinetic energy budget.The inward movement before rapid intensification(RI)resulted from radial flux convergence;cyclonic circulation develops while moving inward.Stationary maximum symmetric rotational kinetic energy and RI were caused by the conversion,which was observed to be proportional to the symmetric rotational kinetic energy.Landfall increased terrain-induced friction dissipation,which led to outward movement and ended the RI.