Dissipative heating and hurricane intensity |
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| Authors: | M Bister K A Emanuel |
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| Institution: | (1) Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Summary Dissipative heating has not been accounted for in either numerical simulations of hurricanes or in theories for the maximum intensity of hurricanes. We argue that the bulk of dissipative heating occurs in the atmospheric boundary layer near the radius of maximum winds and, using both theory and numerical simulation, show that dissipative heating increases maximum wind speeds in tropical cyclones by about 20%.With 4 Figures |
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