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DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN BAROTROPIC ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS |
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| Authors: | Li Xiaofan |
| Institution: | Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA |
| Abstract: | Development of a tropical cyclone in barotropic environmental flows is investigated with a shallow water model. It is found that the tropical cyclone develops only when it is embedded in an environmental now with a southward relative vorticity gradient. The related physical mechanism is explained by analyzing the kinetic energy conversion between the environmental flow and tropical cyclone circulation. |
| Keywords: | barotropic environmental flows tropical cyclone kinetic energy conversion relative vorticity gradient |
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