Observations and Mechanisms of GATE Waterspouts

Autor:	Bruce R. Morton, Michael Mccumber, Joanne Simpson, Richard S. Penc
Rok vydání:	1986
Předmět:	Physics Atmospheric Science Meteorology Front (oceanography) Waterspout Precipitation Tornado Vorticity Thermal stratification Atmospheric sciences Three dimensional model Vortex
Zdroj:	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 43:753-783
ISSN:	1520-0469 0022-4928
DOI:	10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<0753:oamogw>2.0.co;2
Popis:	The present numerical and observational investigation of interacting cumulus processes implicated in the formation of waterspouts, the GATE database for days 261 and 186 is noted to imply that the existence of cumulus-scale parent vortices is a necessary (albeit not sufficient) condition for the production of waterspouts. A high resolution version of the Schlessinger (1975) three-dimensional cumulus model with a Kessler (1969) type precipitation scheme is used to analyze cumulus-scale vorticity organization, which on the two days in question exhibited contrasting thermal stratification and cloud features. The observations from both days suggest that the waterspouts formed ahead of the wind shift, due to the passage of a gust front.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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