Abstract
Abstract The distribution and intensity of tropical cyclone precipitation has been known to have a large influence on the intensification and maintenance of the system. Therefore, monitoring the tropical cyclone convective rainband cycle and the large-scale environmental forcing mechanisms that initiate and maintain the tropical cyclone convective rainbands may aid in better understanding and predicting tropical cyclone intensification. To demonstrate how the evolution of the tropical cyclone precipitation can be monitored, the frequent Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) observations of precipitation from Typhoon Bobbie (June 1992) were used to help better delineate Bobbie's convective rainband cycle. Bobbie's SSM/I-observed convective rainband cycle was then related to the tropical cyclone's intensity change. To obtain a better understanding of how Bobbie's convective rainbands were initiated and maintained, total precipitable water (TPW) over the ocean regions, mean monthly sea surface temperatures...
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