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Simulating Dropsondes to Assess Moist Static Energy Variability in Tropical Cyclones
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2022
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Source: Geophysical Research Letters, 49(15)
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Journal Title:Geophysical Research Letters
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Description:Interactions between clouds, water vapor, radiation, and circulation influence tropical cyclone (TC) development. Many of these interactions can be quantified by understanding tendencies of the spatial variance of moist static energy (MSE). Dropsondes from aircraft reconnaissance sample profiles needed to compute MSE at fine vertical resolution, and may be useful in analyzing these feedbacks on TCs in situ. However, dropsondes are spatially sparse, and sample limited column depths depending on the type of reconnaissance mission. We use idealized convection‐permitting simulations to examine how MSE variability, and the feedbacks that influence it, are resolved using selected patterns of grid points meant to resemble dropsonde launch points in reconnaissance flight patterns. We first examine the column depth necessary to capture the MSE variability of the full atmosphere. We then study how these simulated flight patterns depict MSE variance and its relevant diabatic feedbacks in TCs of varying structure and intensity.
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Source:Geophysical Research Letters, 49(15)
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ISSN:0094-8276;1944-8007;
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