Structure Analyses of the Explosive Extratropical Cyclone:A Case Study over the Northwestern Pacific in March 2007

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摘要 ThesynopticsituationandmesoscalestructureofanexplosiveextratropicalcycloneovertheNorthwesternPacificinMarch2007areinvestigatedthroughweatherstationobservationsanddatareanalysis.Thecycloneislocatedbeneaththepolewardsideoftheexitofa200hPajet,whichisastrongdivergentregionaloft.Atmid-level,thecycloneliesonthedownstreamsideofawell-developedtrough,whereastrongascendingmotionfrequentlyoccurs.Cross-sectionanalyseswithweatherstationdatashowthatthecyclonehasawarmandmoistcore.A'nose'ofthecoldfront,whichischaracterizedbyalow-levelprotrudingstructureintheequivalentpotentialtemperaturefield,formswhenthecyclonemovesoffshore.This'nose'structureishypothesizedtohavebeencausedbytheheatingeffectoftheKuroshioCurrent.Twolow-leveljetstreamsarealsoidentifiedonthewesternandeasternsidesofthecoldfront.Thewesternjetconveyscoldanddryairat800-900hPa.Thewindinthenorthernpartisnortheasterly,andthewindinthesouthernpartisnorthwesterly.Bycontrast,theeasternjetcarrieswarmandmoistairintothecyclonesystem,ascendingnorthwardfrom900hPato600-700hPa.Thesouthernpartisdominatedbythesoutherlywind,andthewindinthenorthernpartissouthwesterly.Theeasternandwesternjetssignificantlyincreasetheairtemperatureandmoisturecontrastinthevicinityofthecoldfront.Thisincreasecouldplayanimportantroleinimprovingtherapidcyclogenesisprocess.
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出版日期 2017年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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