Modeling the effects of dust-radiative forcing on the movement of Hurricane Helene (2006)

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 692, 2015, Pages 2563-2570

  Chen, Shu Hua ^a   Liu, Yi Chin ^b   Nathan, Terrence R ^a   Davis, Christopher ^c   Torn, Ryan ^d   Sowa, Nicholas ^a   Cheng, Chao Tzuen ^e   Chen, Jen Ping ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR DISASTER REDUCTION   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dust model; Dust radiative forcing; Hurricane track; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HURRICANE EFFECTS; SHEAR FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DUST MODELS; MOVING SPEED; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SAHARAN DUST; STEERING FLOW; THERMAL FIELD; VERTICAL SHEAR; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; TRACKING; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 84946472703     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2542     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Carlson TN, Benjamin SG. 1980. Radiative heating rates for Saharan dust. J.Atmos. Sci 37: 193-213.
2. Chaboureau JP, Richard E, Pinty JP, Flamant C, Di Girolamo P, Kiemle C, Behrendt A, Chepfer H, Chiriaco M, Wulfmeyer V. 2011. Long-range transport of Saharan dust and its radiative impact on precipitation forecast: A case study during the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS). Q. J.R. Meteorol. Soc 137: 236-251.
3. Chan JCL, Gray WM. 1982. Tropical cyclone movement and surrounding ?ow relationships. Mon. Weather Rev 110: 1354-1374.
4. Chen SH, Sun WY. 2002. A one-dimensional time-dependent cloud model. J.Meteorol. Soc. Jpn. 80: 99-118.
5. Chen SH, Wang SH, Waylonis M. 2010. Modification of Saharan air layer and environmental shear over the eastern Atlantic Ocean by dust-radiation effects. J.Geophys. Res. 115: D21202, doi:10.1029/2010JD014158.
6. Cheng CT, Wang WC, Chen JP. 2010. Simulation of the effects of increasing cloud condensation nuclei on mixed-phase clouds and precipitation of a front system. Atmos. Res. 96: 461-476.
7. Cherian R, Venkataraman C, Kumar A, Sarin MM, Sudheer AK, Ramachandran S. 2010. Source identification of aerosols influencing atmospheric extinction: Integrating PMF and PSCF with emission inventories and satellite observations. J.Geophys. Res. 115: D22212, doi:10.1029/2009JD012975.
8. Chou MD, Suarez MJ. 1999. A Solar Radiation Parameterization for Atmospheric Studies, NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 15. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Greenbelt, MD.
9. Chou MD, Suarez MJ, Liang XZ, Yan MMH. 2001. A Thermal Infrared Radiation Parameterization for Atmospheric Studies. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 19. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Greenbelt, MD.
10. Fovell RG, Corbosiero KL, Seifert A, Liou KN. 2010. Impact of cloud-radiative processes on hurricane track. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37: L07808, doi:10.1029/2010GL042691.
11. Galarneau TJ, Jr., Davis CA. 2013. Diagnosing forecast errors in tropical cyclone motion. Mon. Weather Rev 141: 405-430.
12. George JE, Gray WM. 1976. Tropical cyclone motion and surrounding parameter relationships. J.Appl. Meteorol 15: 1252-1264.
13. Hess M, Kopke P, Schult I. 1998. Optical properties of aerosols and clouds: The software package OPAC. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc 79: 831-844.
14. Holland GJ. 1983. Tropical cyclone motion: Environmental interaction plus beta effect. J.Atmos. Sci 40: 328-342.
15. Hong S-Y, Lim JOJ. 2006. The WRF single-moment 6-class microphysics scheme (WSM6). J.Korean Meteorol. Soc 42: 129-151.
16. Hong S-Y, Pan H-L. 1996. Nonlocal boundary layer vertical diffusion in a medium-range forecast model. Mon. Weather Rev 124: 2322-2339.
17. Jeong MJ, Tsay SC, Ji Q, Hsu NC, Hansell RA, Lee J. 2008. Ground-based measurements of airborne Saharan dust in marine environment during the NAMMA field experiment. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35: L20805, doi:10.1029/2008GL035587.
18. Kain JS. 2004. The Kain-Fritsch convective parameterization: An update. J. Appl. Meteorol 43: 170-181.
19. Knippertz P, Todd MC. 2012. Mineral dust aerosols over the Sahara: Meteorological controls on emission and transport and implication for modeling. Rev. Geophys 50: RG1007/2012.
20. Kok JF. 2011a. A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols suggests climate models underestimate the size of the global dust cycle. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. A 108: 1016-1021.
21. Kok JF. 2011b. Does the size distribution of mineral dust aerosols depend on the wind speed at emission. Atmos. Chem. Phys 11: 10149-10156.
22. Konare A, Zakey AS, Solmon F, Giorgi F, Rauscher S, Ibrah S, Bi X. 2008. A regional climate modeling study of the effect of desert dust on the West African monsoon. J.Geophys. Res. 113: D12206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009322.
23. Laken BA, Parviainen H, Palle E, Shahbaz T. 2014. Saharan mineral dust outbreaks observed over the north atlantic island of la palma in summertime between 1984 and 2012. Q. J.R. Meteorol. Soc 140: 1058-1068.
24. Ma P-L, Zhang K, Shi JJ, Matsui T, Arking A. 2012. Direct radiative effect of mineral dust on the development of African Easterly waves in late summer, 2003-07. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol 51: 2090-2104, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0215.1.
25. Rappaport EN, Franklin JL, Avila LA, Baig SR, Beven JL, II, Blake ES, Burr CA, Jiing J-G, Juckins CA, Knabb RD, Landsea CW, Mainelli M, Mayfield M, McAdie CJ, Pasch RJ, Sisko C, Steward SR, Tribble AN. 2009. Advances and challenges at the National Hurricane Center. Weather and Forecasting 24: 395-419.
26. Rodwell MJ, Jung T. 2008. Understanding the local and global impacts of model physics changes: An aerosol example. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc 134: 1479-1497.
27. Shi JJ, Matsui T, Tao WK, Tan Q, Peters-Lidard C, Chin M, Pickering K, Guy N, Lang S, Kemp EM. 2014. Implementation of an aerosol-cloud-microphysics-radiation coupling into the NASA unified WRF: Simulation results for the 6-7 August 2006 AMMA special observing period. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc 140: 2158-2175, doi:10.1002/qj.2286.
28. Skamarock WC, Klemp JB, Dudhia J, Gill DO, Barker DM, Duda MG, Huang X-Y, Wang W, Powers JG. 2008 'A description of the advanced research WRF version 3' NCAR technical note NCAR/TN-475+STR, 10.5065/D68S4MVH. NCAR: Boulder, CO.
29. Solmon F, Mallet M, Elguindi N, Giorgi F, Zakey A, Konaré A. 2008. Dust aerosol impact on regional precipitation over western Africa, mechanisms and sensitivity to absorption properties. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35: L24705, doi:10.1029/2008GL035900.
30. Sun D, Lau KM, Kafatos M. 2008. Contrasting the 2007 and 2005 hurricane seasons: Evidence of possible impacts of Saharan dry air and dust on tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35: L15405, doi:10.1029/2008GL034529.
31. Tegen I, Fung I. 1994. Modeling of mineral dust in the atmosphere: Sources, transport, and optical thickness. J.Geophys. Res. 99: 22897-22914.
32. Torn RD, Davis CA. 2012. The influence of shallow convection on tropical cyclone track forecasts. Mon. Weather Rev 140: 2188-2197.
33. Yoshioka M, Mahowald NM, Conley AJ, Collins WD, Fillmore DW, Zender CS, Coleman DB. 2007. Impact of desert dust radiative forcing on sahel precipitation: Relative importance of dust compared to sea surface temperature variations, vegetation changes, and greenhouse gas warming. J.Clim. 20: 1445-1467.
34. Zhao C, Liu X, Leung R, Hagos S. 2011. Radiative impact of mineral dust on monsoon precipitation variability over West Africa, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11: 1879-1893.
35. Zhu A, Ramanathan V, Li F, Kim D. 2007. Dust plumes over the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans: Climatology and radiative impact. J.Geophys. Res. 112: D16208, doi:10.1029/2007JD008427.