COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INTENSIFYING AND WEAKENING LANDFALL TROPICAL CYCLONES DURING EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION OVER CHINA |
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| Authors: | LI Kan and XU Hai-ming |
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| Institution: | Pingxiang Meteorological Bureau of Jiangxi Province, Pingxiang 337002 China; College of Atmospheric Science, NUIST, Nanjing 210044 China; |
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| Abstract: | Based on the Tropical Cyclone (TC) Yearbooks data and JRA-25 reanalysis data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) during 1979-2008, dynamic composite analysis and computation of kinetic energy budget are used to study the intensifying and weakening TCs during Extratropical Transition over China. The TCI shows strong upper-level divergence, strengthened low-level convergence and significantly enhanced upward motion under the influence of strong upper-level troughs and high-level jets. The TCI is correspondingly intensified after Extratropical Transition (ET); TCW exhibits strong upper-level divergence, subdued low-level convergence and slightly enhanced upward motion under the influence of weak upper-level troughs and high-level jets. It then weakens after ET. The increase (decrease) of the generation of kinetic energy by divergence wind in TCI (TCW) at low level is one of the major reasons for TCI's intensification (TCW's weakening) after transformation. The generation of kinetic energy by divergence wind is closely related to the development of a low-level baroclinic frontal zone. The growth of the generation of kinetic energy by rotational wind in TCI at upper level is favorable for TCI's maintenance, which is affected by strong upper-level troughs. The dissipation of the generation of kinetic energy by rotational wind in TCW at upper level is unfavorable for TCW's maintenance, which is affected by weak upper-level troughs. |
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| Keywords: | tropical cyclone intensification during extratropical transition weakening during extratropical transition dynamic composite analysis kinetic energy budget |
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