An interpretation of extratropical cyclogenesis using adjoint methods

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited === Adjoint methods are used to examine the development of idealized and real extratropical cyclones. This research represents the first use of adjoint sensitivity that includes moist physical processes to study complete cyclone life cycles. Adj...

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Main Author: Langland, Rolf Harold.
Other Authors: Elsberry, Russell L.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8560
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spelling ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-85602015-06-20T16:02:33Z An interpretation of extratropical cyclogenesis using adjoint methods Langland, Rolf Harold. Elsberry, Russell L. Meteorology Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited Adjoint methods are used to examine the development of idealized and real extratropical cyclones. This research represents the first use of adjoint sensitivity that includes moist physical processes to study complete cyclone life cycles. Adjoint sensitivity is a computationally efficient technique for determining, in a comprehensive sense, the sensitivity of a forecast aspect (J) to small perturbations of model variables at earlier times in a numerical forecast, including initial conditions. In these simulations, J is selected to represent central pressure or vorticity of forecast cyclones. Specification of lower tropospheric (500-800 hPa) temperature and moisture near the incipient cyclone at the beginning of the storm track appears especially critical to cyclone prediction. Rapid cyclone intensification appears related to enhancement of dry baroclinic instability by latent heat release from nonconvective precipitation near the cyclone warn front. Cyclones can also be intensified by reduced surface stress and higher sea-surface temperature in the warm sector of the storm. The cyclone life cycle may be viewed in terms of an initially small-scale instability that propagates upward from a baroclinic zone in the lower troposphere, and leads to intensification of anomalies in both the upper and lower troposphere at the end of the storm track 2012-08-09T19:21:32Z 2012-08-09T19:21:32Z 1996-06 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8560 en_US Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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description Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited === Adjoint methods are used to examine the development of idealized and real extratropical cyclones. This research represents the first use of adjoint sensitivity that includes moist physical processes to study complete cyclone life cycles. Adjoint sensitivity is a computationally efficient technique for determining, in a comprehensive sense, the sensitivity of a forecast aspect (J) to small perturbations of model variables at earlier times in a numerical forecast, including initial conditions. In these simulations, J is selected to represent central pressure or vorticity of forecast cyclones. Specification of lower tropospheric (500-800 hPa) temperature and moisture near the incipient cyclone at the beginning of the storm track appears especially critical to cyclone prediction. Rapid cyclone intensification appears related to enhancement of dry baroclinic instability by latent heat release from nonconvective precipitation near the cyclone warn front. Cyclones can also be intensified by reduced surface stress and higher sea-surface temperature in the warm sector of the storm. The cyclone life cycle may be viewed in terms of an initially small-scale instability that propagates upward from a baroclinic zone in the lower troposphere, and leads to intensification of anomalies in both the upper and lower troposphere at the end of the storm track
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