Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model
The sensitivity of tropical cyclones (TCs) to changes in parameterized convection is investigated to improve the simulation of TCs in the North Atlantic. Specifically, the impact of reducing the influence of the Relaxed Arakawa-Schubert (RAS) scheme-based parameterized convection is explored using t...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20140013020 2023-05-15T17:35:36+02:00 Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model Suarez, Max J. Lim, Young-Kwon Schubert, Siegfried D. Lee, Myong-In Molod, Andrea M. Reale, Oreste Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available February 3, 2014 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140013020 unknown Document ID: 20140013020 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140013020 Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright CASI Meteorology and Climatology GSFC-E-DAA-TN13530 2014 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T06:13:24Z The sensitivity of tropical cyclones (TCs) to changes in parameterized convection is investigated to improve the simulation of TCs in the North Atlantic. Specifically, the impact of reducing the influence of the Relaxed Arakawa-Schubert (RAS) scheme-based parameterized convection is explored using the Goddard Earth Observing System version5 (GEOS5) model at 0.25 horizontal resolution. The years 2005 and 2006 characterized by very active and inactive hurricane seasons, respectively, are selected for simulation. A reduction in parameterized deep convection results in an increase in TC activity (e.g., TC number and longer life cycle) to more realistic levels compared to the baseline control configuration. The vertical and horizontal structure of the strongest simulated hurricane shows the maximum lower-level (850-950hPa) wind speed greater than 60 ms and the minimum sea level pressure reaching 940mb, corresponding to a category 4 hurricane - a category never achieved by the control configuration. The radius of the maximum wind of 50km, the location of the warm core exceeding 10 C, and the horizontal compactness of the hurricane center are all quite realistic without any negatively affecting the atmospheric mean state. This study reveals that an increase in the threshold of minimum entrainment suppresses parameterized deep convection by entraining more dry air into the typical plume. This leads to cooling and drying at the mid- to upper-troposphere, along with the positive latent heat flux and moistening in the lower-troposphere. The resulting increase in conditional instability provides an environment that is more conducive to TC vortex development and upward moisture flux convergence by dynamically resolved moist convection, thereby increasing TC activity. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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The sensitivity of tropical cyclones (TCs) to changes in parameterized convection is investigated to improve the simulation of TCs in the North Atlantic. Specifically, the impact of reducing the influence of the Relaxed Arakawa-Schubert (RAS) scheme-based parameterized convection is explored using the Goddard Earth Observing System version5 (GEOS5) model at 0.25 horizontal resolution. The years 2005 and 2006 characterized by very active and inactive hurricane seasons, respectively, are selected for simulation. A reduction in parameterized deep convection results in an increase in TC activity (e.g., TC number and longer life cycle) to more realistic levels compared to the baseline control configuration. The vertical and horizontal structure of the strongest simulated hurricane shows the maximum lower-level (850-950hPa) wind speed greater than 60 ms and the minimum sea level pressure reaching 940mb, corresponding to a category 4 hurricane - a category never achieved by the control configuration. The radius of the maximum wind of 50km, the location of the warm core exceeding 10 C, and the horizontal compactness of the hurricane center are all quite realistic without any negatively affecting the atmospheric mean state. This study reveals that an increase in the threshold of minimum entrainment suppresses parameterized deep convection by entraining more dry air into the typical plume. This leads to cooling and drying at the mid- to upper-troposphere, along with the positive latent heat flux and moistening in the lower-troposphere. The resulting increase in conditional instability provides an environment that is more conducive to TC vortex development and upward moisture flux convergence by dynamically resolved moist convection, thereby increasing TC activity. |
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Suarez, Max J. Lim, Young-Kwon Schubert, Siegfried D. Lee, Myong-In Molod, Andrea M. Reale, Oreste |
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Suarez, Max J. Lim, Young-Kwon Schubert, Siegfried D. Lee, Myong-In Molod, Andrea M. Reale, Oreste |
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Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model |
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Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model |
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Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model |
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Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model |
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Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model |
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sensitivity of tropical cyclones to parameterized convection in the nasa geos5 model |
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