Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale
Three-dimensional potential vorticity (PV) structures on the convective scale during extreme precipitation events are investigated. Using the high resolution COSMO-REA2 data set, 3D composites of the PV, with and without Coriolis parameter and related variables, are evaluated for different classes o...
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| description | Three-dimensional potential vorticity (PV) structures on the convective scale during extreme precipitation events are investigated. Using the high resolution COSMO-REA2 data set, 3D composites of the PV, with and without Coriolis parameter and related variables, are evaluated for different classes of precipitation intensity. The development of a significant horizontal dipole structure in the immediate vicinity of the precipitation maximum and the updraft can be explained by the twisting term in the vorticity equation. This is because the vorticity equation is proportional to the PV equation for strong convective processes. This theoretical is important on the convective scale without the consideration of the Coriolis effect, which is a typical characteristic on the synoptic scale. In accordance to previous studies, the horizontal PV dipole is statistically confirmed by 3D composites of the PV and corresponding variables. We show that the dipole structures are especially distinct for the relative PV without Coriolis parameter and the relative vorticity. On the convective scale, the thermodynamical sources and sinks of the potential vorticity indicate the diabatic processes that are related to conservative vortex dynamics via the proportionality of the diabatic heating and the vertical velocity. This work confirms that the PV equation is an important tool in atmospheric dynamics that unifies the thermodynamical processes as well as the dynamical processes into one scalar. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a21b56c2c03a4476b3c18b75d95d9d702022-12-22T02:25:22ZengStockholm University PressTellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography1600-08702020-01-0172112010.1080/16000870.2020.18115351811535Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scaleAnnette Müller0Benjamin Niedrich1Peter Névir2Institute for Meteorology, Freie Universität BerlinInstitute for Meteorology, Freie Universität BerlinInstitute for Meteorology, Freie Universität BerlinThree-dimensional potential vorticity (PV) structures on the convective scale during extreme precipitation events are investigated. Using the high resolution COSMO-REA2 data set, 3D composites of the PV, with and without Coriolis parameter and related variables, are evaluated for different classes of precipitation intensity. The development of a significant horizontal dipole structure in the immediate vicinity of the precipitation maximum and the updraft can be explained by the twisting term in the vorticity equation. This is because the vorticity equation is proportional to the PV equation for strong convective processes. This theoretical is important on the convective scale without the consideration of the Coriolis effect, which is a typical characteristic on the synoptic scale. In accordance to previous studies, the horizontal PV dipole is statistically confirmed by 3D composites of the PV and corresponding variables. We show that the dipole structures are especially distinct for the relative PV without Coriolis parameter and the relative vorticity. On the convective scale, the thermodynamical sources and sinks of the potential vorticity indicate the diabatic processes that are related to conservative vortex dynamics via the proportionality of the diabatic heating and the vertical velocity. This work confirms that the PV equation is an important tool in atmospheric dynamics that unifies the thermodynamical processes as well as the dynamical processes into one scalar.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2020.1811535potential vorticitytwisting termvorticity equation, extreme precipitation |
| spellingShingle | Annette Müller Benjamin Niedrich Peter Névir Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography potential vorticity twisting term vorticity equation, extreme precipitation |
| title | Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale |
| title_full | Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale |
| title_fullStr | Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale |
| title_short | Three-dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale |
| title_sort | three dimensional potential vorticity structures for extreme precipitation events on the convective scale |
| topic | potential vorticity twisting term vorticity equation, extreme precipitation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2020.1811535 |
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