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Reintensification and Eyewall Formation in Strong Shear : A Case Study of Typhoon Noul (2015)

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Title: Reintensification and Eyewall Formation in Strong Shear : A Case Study of Typhoon Noul (2015)
Authors: Shimada, Udai Browse this author
Horinouchi, Takeshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Keywords: Wind shear
Tropical cyclones
Radars/Radar observations
Issue Date: Sep-2018
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Journal Title: Monthly weather review
Volume: 146
Issue: 9
Start Page: 2799
End Page: 2817
Publisher DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0035.1
Abstract: Strong vertical wind shear produces asymmetries in the eyewall structure of a tropical cyclone (TC) and is generally a hostile environment for TC intensification. Typhoon Noul (2015), however, reintensified and formed a closed eyewall despite 200-850-hPa vertical shear in excess of 11 m s(-1). Noul's reintensification and eyewall formation in strong shear were examined by using Doppler radar and surface observations. The evolution of the azimuthal-mean structure showed that the tangential wind at 2-km altitude increased from 30 to 45 m s(-1) in only 5 h. During the first half of the reintensification, the azimuthal-mean inflow penetrated into the similar to 40-km radius, well inside the radius of maximum wind (RMW), at least below 4-km altitude, and reflectivity inside the RMW increased. As for the asymmetric evolution, vigorous convection, dominated by an azimuthal wavenumber-1 asymmetry, occurred in the downshear-left quadrant when shear started to increase and then moved upshear. A mesovortex formed inside the convective asymmetry on the upshear side. The direction of vortex tilt between the 1- and 5-km altitudes rotated cyclonically from the downshear-left to the upshear-right quadrant as the vortex was vertically aligned. In conjunction with the alignment, the amplitude of the wavenumber-1 convective asymmetry decreased and a closed eyewall formed. These features are consistent with the theory that a vortex can be vertically aligned through upshear precession. The analysis results suggest that the vortex tilt, vigorous convection, and subsequent intensification were triggered by the increase in shear in a convectively favorable environment.
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Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/72852
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