Tall precipitation cells in tropical cyclone eyewalls are associated with tropical cyclone intensification

被引：84

作者：

Kelley, OA ^{[1
]}

Stout, J

Halverson, JB

机构：

[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

[2] George Mason Univ, Sch Computat Sci, Ctr Earth Observing & Space Res, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA

[3] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Joint Ctr Earth Syst Technol, Baltimore, MD 21228 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2004年 / 31卷 / 24期

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D O I：

10.1029/2004GL021616

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

[ 1] The association of tall precipitation with tropical cyclone intensification may have implications for the difficult task of forecasting the destructive potential of tropical cyclones. This study uses all of the well-centered overflights of tropical cyclones from 1998 to 2003 seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar. The chance of intensification increases when one or more extremely tall convective towers exist in the tropical cyclone's eyewall. We define an extremely tall convective tower as a convective cell with a 20 dBZ reflectivity signal that reaches an altitude of at least 14.5 km. In addition, we adapt this radar technique for use with more plentiful infrared and passive microwave data.

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