ANALYTIC STUDY ON POTENTIAL INSTABILITY AND SPIRAL STRUCTURE OF RAIN CLUSTERS

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摘要 Thispaperpresentsastudyonpotentialinstabilityandspiralstructureofunstablerainclusters.First,wedevelopalinearizednon-axisymmetricalmathematicmodelforrainclustersincircularcylindricalcoordinatesandacquireitsanalyticsolution.Second,wediscussthepotentialinstabilityofnon-axisymmetricalrainclusters.Finally,weconcludethatspiralstructurescanexistinrainclusters.Ouranalysisindicatesthatpotentialinstabilityoccurswhenhumidstratificationcoefficientislessthanzero.Unstablegrowthrateincreaseswiththeincreaseoftheabsolutevalueforhumidstratificationcoefficient.Thesimplertheverticalstructureofperturbation,thethickertheinversionlayer;additionally,thesmallertheradiusoftherainclusters,thelargertheunstablegrowthrate.Simulationresultsagreewellwiththosefromobservationandforecast.Thespiralstructuresimulatedbyourmodelissimilartoaradarecho,suggestingthatrainclusterswithspiralstructurescanoccurintheatmosphere.Inaddition,theyaregenerallyclosetothemodelsolutioninthiswork.
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出版日期 2011年01月11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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