The 9–11 November 2013 Explosive Cyclone over the Japan Sea-Okhotsk Sea: Observations and WRF Modeling Analyses

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Abstract

During the period from 9 to 11 November 2013, an explosive cyclone (EC) occurred over the Japan Sea-Okhotsk Sea. This EC initially formed around 18 UTC 9 November over the Japan Sea and developed over the Okhotsk Sea when moving northeastward. It had a minimum sea level pressure of 959.0 hPa, a significant deepening rate of central pressure of 2.9 Bergeron, and a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 42.7 m s ⁻¹. This paper aims to investigate the conditions that contributed to the rapid development of this low-pressure system through analyses of both observations and the Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) modeling results. The evolutionary processes of this EC were examined by using Final Analyses (FNL) data, Multi-Functional Transport Satellites-1R (MTSAT-1R) data, upper observation data and surface observation data. WRF-3.5 modeling results were also used to examine the development mechanism of this EC. It is shown that the interaction between upper-level and low-level potential vorticity seemed to be very essential to the rapid development of this EC.

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Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): JOUC

Title: Journal of Ocean University of China

Publisher: Science Press and Springer (China )

ISSN (Electronic): 1672-5182

Publication date (Electronic): 02 September 2020

Publication date (Print): 01 October 2020

Volume: 19

Issue: 5

Pages: 989-1004

Affiliations

[1] ¹Department of Marine Meteorology, Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China

[2] ²Division of Oceanic Dynamics and Climate, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, China

[3] ³Qingdao Hatran Ocean Intelligence Technology Company Limited, Qingdao 266404, China

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*Corresponding author: FU Gang, Tel: 0086-532-66781920, E-mail: fugang@ 123456ouc.edu.cn

Article

Publisher ID: s11802-020-4372-x

DOI: 10.1007/s11802-020-4372-x

SO-VID: 624d8959-bfd5-49bb-b7b6-8d4e8a21ff29

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History

Date received : 30 October 2019

Date revision received : 06 January 2020

Date accepted : 08 May 2020

ScienceOpen disciplines: Earth & Environmental sciences,Geology & Mineralogy,Oceanography & Hydrology,Aquaculture & Fisheries,Ecology,Animal science & Zoology

Keywords: observations,potential vorticity,explosive cyclone,WRF-3.5 modeling results,the Japan Sea-Okhotsk Sea

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Earth & Environmental sciences, Geology & Mineralogy, Oceanography & Hydrology, Aquaculture & Fisheries, Ecology, Animal science & Zoology

Keywords: observations, potential vorticity, explosive cyclone, WRF-3.5 modeling results, the Japan Sea-Okhotsk Sea

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