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Impact of cloud‐radiative processes on hurricane track
Author(s) -
Fovell Robert G.,
Corbosiero Kristen L.,
Seifert Axel,
Liou KuoNan
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.1029/2010gl042691
Subject(s) - radiative transfer , tropical cyclone , cloud physics , convection , storm , cloud computing , environmental science , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , track (disk drive) , physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , operating system
Idealized simulations of tropical cyclones suggest that previously established motion sensitivity to cloud microphysical processes may emerge through cloud‐radiative feedback. When commonly employed radiation parameterizations and absorption treatments are used, microphysical schemes generate a variety of tracks, influenced by different, scheme‐dependent convective heating patterns and magnitudes. However, these variations nearly vanish when cloud‐radiative feedback is neglected, with storms becoming stronger and more compact. This study strongly motivates further research with respect to how condensation particles influence radiative processes and thus storm dynamics and thermodynamics.