降低了热带气旋中高风速的阻力系数
Mark D Powell1, Peter J Vickery, Timothy A Reinhold
1National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division, Miami, Florida 33149, USA. Mark.Powell@noaa.gov
Nature
|March 21, 2003
概括
在极端风下,海洋和大气之间的动量转移显示了表面流量平衡,与当前的模型相反. 这一发现影响了风预测和风险评估.
科学领域:
- 大气科学 大气科学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
背景情况:
- 大气-海洋动量转移是天气和气候的关键.
- 直接测量仅限于低风速,需要对极端条件进行推断.
- 热带气旋为了解海洋边界层动态带来了独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 用GPS探测器数据分析热带气旋中的风形状和动量转移.
- 为了研究风强风下的表面动量流动行为.
- 将发现与气候模型中使用的现有表面流量参数化进行比较.
主要方法:
- 利用全球定位系统 (GPS) 探测器测量海洋边界层中的风速概况.
- 分析了1997年以后的数据,重点关注热带气旋条件.
- 确定了表面应力,粗度长度和中性稳定阻力系数.
主要成果:
- 观察到风速的对数增长,高度高达200米.
- 在500米处确定最大风速,逐渐减弱至3公里.
- 发现,在风速超过风力时,表面动量流平衡.
结论:
- 在气候和风险评估模型中使用的当前表面流量参数可能在极端风条件下不准确.
- 动量流的平衡挑战了现有的大气与海洋相互作用模型.
- 这项研究为改善风建模和预测准确度提供了关键数据.
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