Eyewall Contraction, Breakdown and Reformation in a Landfalling Typhoon

The interesting eyewall evolution of Typhoon Zeb before, during, and after its landfall at Luzon was documented from both the satellite observation and numerical simulation. It is proposed that the terrain plays a critical role in leading to such evolution: first the eyewall contraction just before...

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Published inGeophysical research letters Vol. 30; no. 17; pp. 1887 - n/a
Main Authors Wu, Chun-Chieh, Chou, Kun-Hsuan, Cheng, Hsiu-Ju, Wang, Yuqing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Geophysical Union 01.09.2003
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Land/atmosphere interactions
Marine
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics
Numerical modeling and data assimilation
Ocean/atmosphere interactions
Tropical meteorology
ISEW, Philippines, Luzon I
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Summary:The interesting eyewall evolution of Typhoon Zeb before, during, and after its landfall at Luzon was documented from both the satellite observation and numerical simulation. It is proposed that the terrain plays a critical role in leading to such evolution: first the eyewall contraction just before landfall, a following breakdown, and then the eyewall reformation after the storm returned to the ocean. Further studies of the physical mechanisms responsible for such eyewall evolution shall improve both our understanding of and the skill in predicting the structure and intensity changes of tropical cyclones in general and landfalling ones in particular.
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DOI:10.1029/2003GL017653