summary and quick-look analyses of noaa flights into hurricane earl
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Summary and quick-look analyses of NOAA flights into Hurricane Earl. Track. Geographic coverage of P-3 flights. P-3 and G-IV coverage during intensity evolution. P-3 missions. G-IV missions. Evolution of axisymmetric tangential wind (shaded, m/s) during RI. 12:33Z Aug 30. 21:44Z Aug 28. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Summary and quick-look analyses of NOAA flights into Hurricane Earl
Track
Geographic coverage of P-3 flights
P-3 missions
G-IV missions
P-3 and G-IV coverage during intensity evolution
21:44Z Aug 28
23:03Z Aug 28
00:18Z Aug 29
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00:44Z Aug 30
11:17Z Aug 30
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23:33Z Aug 30
Evolution of axisymmetric tangential wind (shaded, m/s) during RI
Evolution of wind speed (shaded, m/s) from 1-9 km altitude
0114Z Sept 2 2343Z Sept 2
9 km 9 km
5 km 5 km
1 km 1 km
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34
56 7
8
12
11
109
1
23 4
5
67
8
910
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12
Hodographs of environmental winds (m/s) from 0.5-12 km altitude
Summary• historic dataset collected in Hurricane Earl• nearly complete lifecycle, sampled at 12-h intervals for inner core by P-3’s, 24-h intervals for environment by G-IV• significant RI episode sampled by Doppler radar prior to, during, and after• steady-state period as a major hurricane sampled, including vortex interaction with increasing upper-level SW shear• weakening stages sampled, including period leading up to ET
First thoughts on questions to address
• how does vortex evolve during RI? Symmetric and asymmetric evolution? Kinematic and thermodynamic evolution?• what’s relative role of convective-, vortex-, and environmental-scale processes in RI?• how does mature hurricane respond to increasing vertical shear (tilt, wind field asymmetries)?• what is structural change during weakening and prior to ET?• and many more…..