The Use of Vertical Wind Shear versus Helicity in Interpreting Supercell Dynamics

By M. Weisman, R. Rotunno. 2000

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change

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Rapid Intensification of a Sheared Tropical Storm (2010, background): “The high correlation of vertical velocity and vertical vorticity in supercells (e.g., Weisman and Klemp 1984; Baker et al. 2009) could not be evaluated, nor could the extent of off-hodograph movement (e.g., Weisman and Rotunno 2000; Eastin and Link 2009).”
A two-moment cloud microphysics parameterization for mixed-phase clouds. Part 2: Maritime vs. continental deep convective storms (2006, background): “Klemp (1987) as well as Weisman and Rotunno (2000) .”
Low-Level Mesovortices within Squall Lines and Bow Echoes. Part I: Overview and Dependence on Environmental Shear (2003, methodology): “17 the exception of the use of a vertically stretched grid for the present simulation, this simulation is identical to one discussed in Weisman and Rotunno (2000) and produces an archetypical supercell storm with a strong, rotating midlevel updraft and an associated surface me-socyclone.”
Tropical cyclogenesis in a tropical wave critical layer: easterly waves (2008, background): “…another aspect not yet investigated concerns the role of helicity (Moffat, 1969) in stabilizing the upscale cascade (Lilly, 1986a,b; Herring and McWilliams, 1989; Weisman and Rotunno, 2000; Kurgansky, 2006), a process that occurs generically within the MCV, parent synoptic wave, or monsoon trough.”
Effective Storm-Relative Helicity and Bulk Shear in Supercell Thunderstorm Environments (2007, background): “2 Weisman and Rotunno (2000) reference the hodograph length as an appropriate measure of vertical shear.”
Comparison of Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics Schemes in Idealized Supercell Thunderstorm Simulations (2011, background): “Raindrop breakup is parameterized following Ziegler (1985) and Cohard and Pinty (2000), which acts by reducing the bulk collection efficiency for rain self-collection.”