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- Title
Distribution of convection associated with tropical cyclones making landfall along the South China coast.
- Authors
Liu, K. S.; Chan, J. C. L.; Cheng, W. C.; Tai, S. L.; Wong, P. W.
- Abstract
This study examines the convection distribution associated with 18 TCs that made landfall along the South China coast during 1995 and 2005. Cloud-top temperatures from high-resolution satellite imageries of the Geosynchronous Meteorological Satellite 5 are used as proxy of strong convection. It is found that convection tends to be enhanced on the western side of the TC as it makes landfall in 10 of the cases, in agreement with the conclusion of some previous studies. Four cases have stronger convection on the eastern side. This “deviation” from the general rule appears to be related to the TCs being more slow-moving or their interaction of the TC with another land surface prior to its making landfall along the South China coast. For the remaining cases in which no significant asymmetries in convection can be identified, the vertical wind shear appears to enhance convection on the east side.
- Subjects
TROPICAL cyclones; CONVECTION (Meteorology); GEOPHYSICAL prediction; VERTICAL wind shear; DYNAMIC meteorology; METEOROLOGY education
- Publication
Meteorology & Atmospheric Physics, 2007, Vol 97, Issue 1-4, p57
- ISSN
0177-7971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00703-006-0244-1