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Detailed structure within a tropical cyclone “eye”
Author(s) -
Teshiba Michihiro,
Fujita Hiroshi,
Hashiguchi Hiroyuki,
Shibagaki Yoshiaki,
Yamanaka Manabu D.,
Fukao Shoichiro
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2005gl023242
Subject(s) - eye , tropical cyclone , troposphere , front (military) , rainband , climatology , geology , atmospheric sciences , precipitation , maximum sustained wind , meteorology , environmental science , wind speed , wind direction , geography , oceanography , wind gradient
The characteristics of the “eye” and eyewall of a Tropical Cyclone (TC) are examined with a wind profiler and upper‐soundings around a small island belonging to Japan. There are few observations of wind behavior in the eye of a TC with high time and height resolutions. In the eye of the TC, weak cyclonic wind and updraft formed like a cylinder centered on the TC. The updraft did not form clouds and precipitation because stable and relatively dry air existed in the middle troposphere. There were dry layers above the middle troposphere in the eye, especially in the lower layers on the front side of the TC. Therefore, the rainfall associated with the eyewall was strengthened and developed. This is the first time that the detailed wind behavior in the eye of the TC in the developing and mature stage has been observed.