Comments on "An evaluation of hurricane superintensity in axisymmetric numerical models" by Raphaël Rousseau-Rizzi and Kerry Emanuel

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Makarieva, Anastassia M, Nefiodov, Andrei V, Sheil, Douglas, Antonio Donato Nobre, Chikunov, Alexander V, Plunien, Günter, Bai-Lian, Li
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 23.05.2020
• Subjects: Carnot cycle; Derivation; Enthalpy; Fluxes; Kinetic energy; Numerical models; Water; Wind speed

In a recent paper Rousseau-Rizzi and Emanuel (2019) presented a derivation of an upper limit on maximum hurricane velocity at the surface. This derivation was based on a consideration of an infinitely narrow (differential) Carnot cycle with the warmer isotherm at the point of the maximum wind veloci...