Impact of vertical wind shear on roll structure in idealized hurricane boundary layers

Wang, Shouping; Jiang, Qingfang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3507-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3507-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3507-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

Research article

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14 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2017

Impact of vertical wind shear on roll structure in idealized hurricane boundary layers

Shouping Wang and Qingfang Jiang

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Mar 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 26 Oct 2016)

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RC1: 'Comments on “Impact of vertical wind shear on roll structure in idealized hurricane boundary layers” by Shouping Wang and Qingfang Jiang', Kun Gao, 21 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Dr. Gao's comments', Shouping Wang, 26 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Wang and Jiang', Ralph Foster, 02 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Dr. Foster'c comments', Shouping Wang, 26 Jan 2017
AC3: 'upload of the "marked-up" manuscript version', Shouping Wang, 27 Jan 2017
AC4: 'The "marked-up" version of the manuscript', Shouping Wang, 27 Jan 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Shouping Wang on behalf of the Authors (09 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Feb 2017) by Heini Wernli

AR by Shouping Wang on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

Tropical cyclones are significantly influenced by the lowest part of atmosphere from sea surface to 1 km because strong winds interacting with ocean surface may provide significant energy to the storms. This work aims to understand how different wind intensity and shape may change the energy transfer. A numerical modeling technique is used to simulate the wind and energy transfer. It is found that the change in wind speed with height is particularly important in generating energy transport.