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A PREFERRED SCALE FOR WARM CORE INSTABILITIES IN A MOIST BASIC STATE Brian H. Kahn J P L Doug Sinton S J S U Meteorology Friday June 8, 2007. TITLE. SUB SYNOPTIC SCALE INSTABILITY AND HURRICANE PRECURSORS Doug Sinton SJSU Meteorology Wednesday May 2, 2007. Model
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A PREFERRED SCALE FOR WARM CORE INSTABILITIES IN A MOIST BASIC STATE BrianH.Kahn JPL DougSinton SJSUMeteorology Friday June 8, 2007 TITLE • SUB SYNOPTIC SCALE INSTABILITY AND HURRICANE PRECURSORS • Doug Sinton • SJSU Meteorology • Wednesday May 2, 2007
Model linear two-layer shallow water Orlanski (1968) simple parameterized latent heat release Conditions moderate to weakly baroclinic near moist adiabatic Results most unstable mode: warm-core maximum growth rates ~ 0.46f Ro of most unstable mode ~ 0.9 for 10 < Ri < 1000 for given static stability preferred scale varies as Ri-1/2 Implications organize convection in tropical cyclone precursors account for tropical cyclone and polar low scale ABSTRACT
Frank and Roundy 2006 O BS DET Statistical correlation Tropical waves precede tropical cyclogenesis Four types of tropical cyclone precursors Rossby-Gravity, Baroclinic, Equatorial Rossby, MJO Produce favorable conditions for tropical cyclogenesis Common structure Flow reversal aloft Baroclinic first internal vertical mode Moore and Haar 2003 OBSERVATION DETAIL Polar Low warm core structure OBSERVATIONDETAIL
ConditionalInstabilityof theSecondKind CISK FIGURE CISK < 0 CAPE
CISK Hypothesis • Convective heating induces sub-synoptic circulation • Circulation converges water vapor needed by convection Deficiencies • Convective vs sub-synoptic scale mismatch • CAPE redistributes moist static energy without replenishing it • CAPEUltra-violetcatastropheCISKCIFK
WindInducedSurfaceHeat Exchange WISHE FIGURE WISHE > 0
WISHE Hypothesis • SST source of sufficientmoist static energy • Windenhancesevaporative water vapor fluxfromocean • Saturated boundary layeraids/sustainsconvection • Enhanced convective heatingstrengthens wind Deficiency Motivation • SCALEof wind circulationNOT accounted for
Hypothesis: test for linear instability Is there a preferred scale? If so, what is its structure? If so, what are controlling processes and conditions? Methodology: simple model Two layer shallow water model permits range of instabilities First internal vertical mode: feasibility of simple LHR scheme Non quasi-geostrophic approach Short wave scale violation problem avoided Ageostrophic thickness advection permits warm core structure Caveats Not a simulation Not only explanation for development HYPOTHESIS DETAILS
G GEOvsAGEOTEMPADV FORWARMCORE G vs AG TEMP ADV warm core AG P2 C T =P2–P1 W P1 z y x
TWO LAYER SHALLOW WATER MODEL SCHEMATIC MODEL SCHEMATIC COLD H H2 H1 Ly WARM Lx
LATENT HEAT PARAMETERIZATION LATENT HEAT SCHEMATIC
LATENT HEAT PARAMETERIZATION CASES -Q*DIV -(1-Q)DIV -DIV Q > 0.5 AVG DENSITY DECREASES “WARMING” Q = 0 AVG DENSITY INCREASES “COOLING” Q = 0.5 AVG DENSITY UNCHANGED “CONSTANT” INITIAL DIV< 0
ROSSBYNUMBER Ro
NON DIM MOMENTUM EQN Ro Ro Ro
MODEL ENERGETICS SCHEMATIC ZAPE WBC WK EAPE EKE WQ
QGBAROCLINIC ENERGETICSq = 0 ZAPE WBC WK EAPE EKE Ro
QGSHORT WAVE CUTOFFq = 0 ZAPE WBC WK EAPE EKE Ro
CISK ENERGETICSq > 0.5 ZAPE WBC WK EAPE EKE Ro WQ
WISHE ENERGETICSq0.5 ZAPE WBC WK EAPE EKE WQ Ro
EIGENVALUE PROBLEM Newton - Raphson confirms eigenvalues
P2 PHASE LAGS T=P2–P1 T P1 0° 90° 180° -90°
ENERGY VECTOR WBCG WBCAG -WBCG WBCAG -WBCAG WBCG WBC > WQ WQ > WBC
WARMCORECIRCULATIONqc ~ 0.49 Ro ~ 0.9 WARM CORE CIRCULATION LARGE Ro X – Z CIRCULATION P2 C C W W T P1 z y x
QGCIRCULATION QG CIRCULATION P2 T C C W W P1 z y x