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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Tropical cyclone fullness: A new concept for interpreting storm intensity
Beteiligte:
Guo, Xi;
Tan, Zhe‐Min
Erschienen:
American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2017
Erschienen in:
Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (2017) 9, Seite 4324-4331
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1002/2017gl073680
ISSN:
0094-8276;
1944-8007
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Intensity and size are two crucial factors in determining the destructiveness of a tropical cyclone (TC), but little is known about the relationship between them because of a lack of observations. TC fullness, a new concept, is proposed to quantitatively measure the storm wind structure, which is defined as the ratio of the extent of the outer‐core wind skirt to the outer‐core size of the TC. TC intensity is more strongly correlated with fullness than with other measures comprising just a single size parameter. A scale is introduced to classify TCs into four categories based on TC fullness (FS1 to FS4). Regardless of the specific inner‐core and outer‐core size, the FS4 fullness structure is necessary for an intense TC's development, while category FS1 and FS2 TCs are generally weak. Most major TCs achieve FS4 fullness structure earlier and more frequently than nonmajor TCs. Rapidly increasing fullness favors the intensification of TC.</jats:p>