In fluence parameters for a polar mesocyclone development
Polar mesocyclones are small-scale, short-living phenomena in the Arctic and Antarctic. Their forecast is difficult due to a lack of knowledge of initial and boundary conditions. Idealised sensitivity studies are performed with the mesoscale atmosphere - sea ice model METRAS-MESIM to evaluate the re...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bdeffbb577364546886d1bd4b4cc82b8 2024-09-15T17:48:20+00:00 In fluence parameters for a polar mesocyclone development Silke Dierer Katharina Heinke Schluenzen 2005-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0077 https://doaj.org/article/bdeffbb577364546886d1bd4b4cc82b8 EN eng Borntraeger http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0077 https://doaj.org/toc/0941-2948 0941-2948 doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0077 https://doaj.org/article/bdeffbb577364546886d1bd4b4cc82b8 Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol 14, Iss 6, Pp 781-792 (2005) Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article 2005 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0077 2024-08-05T17:50:04Z Polar mesocyclones are small-scale, short-living phenomena in the Arctic and Antarctic. Their forecast is difficult due to a lack of knowledge of initial and boundary conditions. Idealised sensitivity studies are performed with the mesoscale atmosphere - sea ice model METRAS-MESIM to evaluate the relevance of the large-scale meteorological situation and sea ice cover for surface heat fluxes and a mesocyclone development. The evaluation area is 340 km × 340 km, and a sea ice distribution typical for the Fram Strait is used. The area averaged surface heat flux strongly depends on the ice distribution. The surface heat flux is about 95 W m−2 for a mesocyclone moving close to the ice edge and a high sea ice concentration of 97 % in the ice covered region. Ice thickness and ocean currents do not significantly influence the average surface heat fluxes. A large-scale situation that alters the cyclone track and forces the cyclone to mostly move over ice (cover 97 %) reduces the average surface heat flux by 30 %. An increase of the heat flux by 81 % is found for a homogeneous ice distribution with the same total sea ice mass. A decrease of sea ice concentration from 97 % to 75 % increases the average surface heat flux by 44 %. Thus, for the forecast of average surface heat fluxes during a cyclone passage the knowledge of the sea ice distribution is more relevant than the knowledge of the cyclone track. The break up of sea ice distant from the ice edge might trigger the development of enhanced baroclinicity over ice covered regions and, thus, favour conditions for a mesocyclone intensification. The mesocyclone development is mainly determined by intensi fication at the ice edge resulting from enhanced surface heat fluxes and horizontal temperature gradients in that region. If the cyclone moves over densely ice covered regions the central pressure is up to 6 hPa higher than when it passes close to the ice edge. A homogeneous sea ice cover leads to a maximum pressure difference of 4 hPa. A 22 % reduction of sea ice ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Fram Strait Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Meteorologische Zeitschrift 14 6 781 792 |
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Polar mesocyclones are small-scale, short-living phenomena in the Arctic and Antarctic. Their forecast is difficult due to a lack of knowledge of initial and boundary conditions. Idealised sensitivity studies are performed with the mesoscale atmosphere - sea ice model METRAS-MESIM to evaluate the relevance of the large-scale meteorological situation and sea ice cover for surface heat fluxes and a mesocyclone development. The evaluation area is 340 km × 340 km, and a sea ice distribution typical for the Fram Strait is used. The area averaged surface heat flux strongly depends on the ice distribution. The surface heat flux is about 95 W m−2 for a mesocyclone moving close to the ice edge and a high sea ice concentration of 97 % in the ice covered region. Ice thickness and ocean currents do not significantly influence the average surface heat fluxes. A large-scale situation that alters the cyclone track and forces the cyclone to mostly move over ice (cover 97 %) reduces the average surface heat flux by 30 %. An increase of the heat flux by 81 % is found for a homogeneous ice distribution with the same total sea ice mass. A decrease of sea ice concentration from 97 % to 75 % increases the average surface heat flux by 44 %. Thus, for the forecast of average surface heat fluxes during a cyclone passage the knowledge of the sea ice distribution is more relevant than the knowledge of the cyclone track. The break up of sea ice distant from the ice edge might trigger the development of enhanced baroclinicity over ice covered regions and, thus, favour conditions for a mesocyclone intensification. The mesocyclone development is mainly determined by intensi fication at the ice edge resulting from enhanced surface heat fluxes and horizontal temperature gradients in that region. If the cyclone moves over densely ice covered regions the central pressure is up to 6 hPa higher than when it passes close to the ice edge. A homogeneous sea ice cover leads to a maximum pressure difference of 4 hPa. A 22 % reduction of sea ice ... |
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