Tropical Cyclone Wind Shear-Relative Asymmetry in Reanalyses

JD Carstens, AC Didlake Jr, CM Zarzycki - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
While tropical cyclones (TCs) are axisymmetric vortices to the first order, they often exhibit
noteworthy structural asymmetries. These often result from environmental vertical wind …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting tropical cyclone tornadoes and impacts: Report from IWTC-X

D Carroll-Smith, BW Green, R Edwards, L Bai… - … Cyclone Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This report synthesizes global tropical cyclone (TC) tornado research and operational
practices to date. Tornadoes are one of the secondary (and lesser researched) hazards …

Filling the gap of wind observations inside tropical cyclones

F Tridon, A Battaglia, A Rizik, FE Scarsi… - Earth and Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The WIVERN (WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope) mission, currently under the
Phase‐0 of the ESA Earth Explorer program, promises to provide new insight in the coupling …

Tornadoes in hurricane Harvey

CJ Nowotarski, J Spotts, R Edwards… - Weather and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tropical cyclone tornadoes pose a unique challenge to warning forecasters given their often
marginal environments and radar attributes. In late August 2017 Hurricane Harvey made …

Composite mesoscale environmental conditions influencing tornado frequencies in landfalling tropical cyclones

SB Trier, DA Ahijevych, D Carroll-Smith… - Weather and …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Spatial patterns of tropical cyclone tornadoes (TCTs), and their relationship to patterns of
mesoscale predictors within US landfalling tropical cyclones (LTCs) are investigated using …

Tropical cyclone outer size impacts the number and location of tornadoes

M Paredes, BA Schenkel, R Edwards… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There remains no consensus on whether the outer size of the tropical cyclone (TC) wind
field impacts tornado occurrence. This study statistically examines the relationship between …

Verification of Rapid Refresh and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model variables in tornadic tropical cyclones

LM MacDonald, CJ Nowotarski - Weather and Forecasting, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tropical cyclone tornadoes (TCTORs) are a hazard to life and property during landfalling
tropical cyclones (TCs). The threat is often spread over a wide area within the TC envelope …

Analyzing tornado warning performance during individual storm life cycles

JU Chamberlain, MD Flournoy… - Weather and …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The National Weather Service plays a critical role in alerting the public when
dangerous weather occurs. Tornado warnings are one of the most publicly visible products …

How does the relationship between ambient deep-tropospheric vertical wind shear and tropical cyclone tornadoes change between coastal and inland environments?

BA Schenkel, M Coniglio… - Weather and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
This work investigates how the relationship between tropical cyclone (TC) tornadoes and
ambient (ie, synoptic-scale) deep-tropospheric (ie, 850–200-hPa) vertical wind shear (VWS) …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-century climate change impacts on tornado-producing tropical cyclones

DC Forbis, CM Patricola, E Bercos-Hickey… - Weather and Climate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tornadoes are a co-occurring extreme that can be produced by landfalling tropical cyclones
(TCs). These tornadoes can exacerbate the loss of life and property damage caused by the …