Hurricane‐Like Vortices in Conditionally Unstable Moist Convection

• Published in: Journal of advances in modeling earth systems Vol. 14; no. 7
• Main Authors: Chien, Mu‐Hua, Pauluis, Olivier M., Almgren, Ann S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2022; American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Atmospheric dynamics; Boundaries; Boussinesq approximation; Cloud microphysics; Convection; Cyclogenesis; Cyclones; Earth atmosphere; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Equilibrium; Evaporation; Heat; Hurricanes; idealized simulation; Kinematics; Latent heat; Microphysics; Moist convection; Ocean circulation; Phase transitions; Potential energy; quasi-equilibrium; Radiation; Rayleigh number; Rotation; Thermodynamics; Tropical atmosphere; Tropical cyclogenesis; tropical cyclone; Tropical cyclones; Upwelling; Vortices

This study investigates the emergence of hurricane‐like vortices in idealized simulations of rotating moist convection. A Boussinesq atmosphere with simplified thermodynamics for phase transitions is forced by prescribing the temperature and humidity at the upper and lower boundaries. The governing...