Abstract

<p>This study simulated the evolution of Typhoon Hato (2017) with the Weather Research and Forecasting model using three bulk schemes and one bin scheme. It was found that the track of the typhoon was insensitive to the microphysics scheme, whereas the degree of correspondence between the simulated precipitation and cloud structure of the typhoon was closest to the observations when using the bin scheme. The different microphysical structure of the bin and three bulk schemes was reflected mainly in the cloud water and snow content. The three bulk schemes were found to produce more cloud water because the application of saturation adjustment condensed all the water vapor at the end of each time step. The production of more snow by the bin scheme could be attributed to several causes: (1) the calculations of cloud condensation nuclei size distributions and supersaturation at every grid point that cause small droplets to form at high levels, (2) different fall velocities of different sizes of particles that mean small particles remain at a significant height, (3) sufficient water vapor at high levels, and (4) smaller amounts of cloud water that reduce the rates of riming and conversion of snow to graupel. The distribution of hydrometeors affects the thermal and dynamical structure of the typhoon. The saturation adjustment hypothesis in the bulk schemes overestimates the condensate mass. Thus, the additional latent heat makes the typhoon structure warmer, which increases vertical velocity and enhances convective precipitation in the eyewall region.</p>

Highlights

  • Recent rapid developments in computing technology and numerical modeling capability have enabled progress in simulation-based research using horizontal grid spacing with

  • After satisfactory simulation of Typhoon Hagupit (2008) in terms of its track, intensity change, wind, and precipitation distribution by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with the WSM6 bulk scheme, further research quantified every conversion rate and analyzed the cloud microphysical processes, which revealed that the precipitation and structure of typhoons are influenced substantially by changes in microphysical processes [14, 15]

  • The magnitude of precipitation produced by all three bulk schemes was larger in the eyewall region and the area with accumulated precipitation of >200 mm was obviously too wide

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Introduction

Recent rapid developments in computing technology and numerical modeling capability have enabled progress in simulation-based research using horizontal grid spacing with

Typhoon Development
Scheme Description and
Comparison with Observations
Cloud and Snow
Precipitation Types
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