TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wu, Xue
AU  - Hoffmann, Lars
AU  - Wright, Corwin J.
AU  - Hindley, Neil P.
AU  - Kalisch, Silvio
AU  - Alexander, M. Joan
AU  - Wang, Yinan
TI  - Stratospheric Gravity Waves as a Proxy for Hurricane Intensification: A Case Study of Weather Research and Forecast Simulation for Hurricane Joaquin
JO  - Geophysical research letters
VL  - 49
IS  - 1
SN  - 0094-8276
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
PB  - Wiley
M1  - FZJ-2021-06212
SP  - e2021GL097010
PY  - 2022
AB  - We conducted simulations with a 4-km resolution for Hurricane Joaquin in 2015 using the weather research and forecast (WRF) model. The model data are used to study stratospheric gravity waves (GWs) generated by the hurricane and how they correlate with hurricane intensity. The simulation results show spiral GWs propagating upward and anticlockwise away from the hurricane center. GWs with vertical wavelengths up to 14 km are generated. We find that GW activity is more frequent and intense during hurricane intensification than during weakening, particularly for the most intense GW activity. There are significant correlations between the change of stratospheric GW intensity and hurricane intensity. Therefore, the emergence of intensive stratospheric GW activity may be considered a useful proxy for identifying hurricane intensification.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000743989800006
DO  - DOI:10.1029/2021GL097010
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904643
ER  -