Air-sea turbulent flux parameterizations in tropical cyclone models

Abstract

This chapter is the last of the three-lecture series on the physical processes that are accounted for in numerical models of tropical cyclones. There are two sections in this chapter. Section 1 is intended to provide an overview of the physical processes required to be included in TC models near the air-sea interface under tropical cyclones, and Section 2 presents results from a recent study on the sensitivity of simulated TC intensification to parameterized physical processes. Materials presented in Section 1 are derived from an overview book chapter by Bao et al. (2002), while those presented in Section 2 are based on Bao et al. (2011).