主办单位:中国气象局沈阳大气环境研究所
国际刊号:ISSN 1673-503X
国内刊号:CN 21-1531/P

Journal of Meteorology and Environment ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 1-9.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-503X.2022.06.001

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Large-eddy simulations of the tornado over Funing on June 23 using a four-dimension variational data assimilation

Da-zhi LIU1(),Dan YAO1,2,*(),Xu-dong LIANG1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    2. Meteorological Observation Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2021-05-24 Online:2022-12-28 Published:2022-12-27
  • Contact: Dan YAO E-mail:liudazz@foxmail.com;yaod@cma.gov.cn

Abstract:

A simulation is produced for the June 23, 2016 Funing (in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province) via WRF model and four-dimensional data variational assimilation.Results show that the first guess can be improved by assimilation of high-resolution surface and radar wind field observations from NCEP/GFS data, while convection cells are generated near Funing.Based on this, the simulation successfully produces hook echo and the tornado-like vortex structure when the large-eddy simulation is conducted on the 100-m grid.Furthermore, both convective available potential energy and vertical wind shear can reach the threshold value favorable for the occurrence of supercell in the synoptic scale.The high storm relative helicity (SRH) exhibits in the realm of parent supercell within a storm scale range, which is an indication of tornadogenesis.Although the intensity of SRH varies with resolution, its spatial distribution has not changed significantly, and signals are manifest using a horizontal grid spacing of 3 km.

Key words: Tornado-like vortex, Storm relative helicity, Updraft helicity

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