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Lightning Frequency in an Idealized Hurricane-Like Vortex from Initial to Steady-State Using a Coupled Meteorological and Explicit Bulk Lightning Model
| Title: | Lightning Frequency in an Idealized Hurricane-Like Vortex from Initial to Steady-State Using a Coupled Meteorological and Explicit Bulk Lightning Model |
| Authors: | Sato, Yousuke Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Miyamoto, Yoshiaki Browse this author | | Tomita, Hirofumi Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Lightning | | Tropical cyclones | | Cloud microphysics | | Clouds | | Cloud-resolving models |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2021 |
| Publisher: | American Meteorological Society |
| Journal Title: | Monthly weather revie |
| Volume: | 149 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 753 |
| End Page: | 771 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1175/MWR-D-20-0110.1 |
| Abstract: | The dependence of lightning frequency on the life cycle of an idealized tropical cyclone (TC) was investigated using a three-dimensional meteorological model coupled with an explicit lightning model. To investigate this dependence, an idealized numerical simulation covering the initial state to the steady state (SS) of an idealized TC was conducted. The simulation was consistent with the temporal evolution of lightning frequency reported by previous observational studies. Our analyses showed that the dependence originates from changes in the types of convective cloud with lightning over the life cycle of the TC. Before rapid intensification (RI) and in the early stage of RI, convective cloud cells that form under high-convective available potential energy (CAPE) conditions are the main contributors to lightning. As the TC reaches the late stage of RI and approaches SS, the secondary circulation becomes prominent and convective clouds in the eyewall region alongside the secondary circulation gradually become the main contributors to the lightning. In the convective cloud cells formed under high-CAPE conditions, upward velocity is strong and large charge density is provided through noninductive charge separation induced by graupel collisions. This large charge density frequently induces lightning in the clouds. On the other hand, the vertical velocity in the eyewall is weak, and it tends to contribute to lightning only when the TC reaches the mature stage. Our analyses imply that the maximum lightning frequency that occurs before the maximum intensity of a TC corresponds to the stage of a TC's life cycle in which convective cloud cells are generated most frequently and moisten the upper troposphere. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/82203 |
| Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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