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The slab boundary layer model for a translating vortex revisited

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The dynamics of the slab boundary layer model for a translating vortex are re-examined in the light of the continued relevance of this model as a benchmark for understanding the flow asymmetries in tropical cyclones. This benchmark model has proved useful in understanding the flow asymmetries in a new three-dimensional cloud-permitting model for an intensifying vortex embedded in a uniform flow. Aspects of the slab boundary layer model are explored, focussing on the structure of the main forcing terms in the radial and tangential momentum equations in the co-moving reference frame and their interplay. The new approach includes an explanation for the effects of vortex size on the boundary-layer wind behaviour.

Source: Tropical Cyclone Research and Review

DOI: 10.1016/j.tcrr.2025.11.002

Authors: Roger K. Smith, Michael T. Montgomery

Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Naval Postgraduate School

Language: English

Topic: Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4416028836

FWCI: 0.934

Cites: 23

Cited by: 2

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