Large-scale dynamics of tropical cyclone formation  associated with ITCZ breakdown

Wang, Quan; Kieu, Chanh; Vu, The-Anh

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8383-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 8383–8397, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8383-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 8383–8397, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8383-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

Research article

02 Jul 2019

Research article | 02 Jul 2019

Large-scale dynamics of tropical cyclone formation associated with ITCZ breakdown

Quan Wang et al.

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Manuscript review', Daniel Chavas, 09 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Chanh Kieu, 04 May 2019
RC2: 'Kieu et al. review', Alex Gonzalez, 26 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Chanh Kieu, 04 May 2019

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AR by Chanh Kieu on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Jun 2019) by Mathias Palm

AR by Chanh Kieu on behalf of the Authors (14 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This study presents an analytical model to study large-scale tropical cyclone (TC) formation that can help us understand the maximum capacity of the Earth's atmosphere to produce TCs. Using a barotropic model for the intertropical convergence zone and recent advances in nonlinear dynamical transition, it is found that the Earth's atmosphere can support a limited number of TCs at any given time (<12) in the current climate, thus providing new theoretical insights into the TC formation process.