An experimental study on hurricane mesovortices
Abstract
Mesovortices in the eyewall region of a hurricane are intriguing elements of the hurricane engine. In-situ measurements of them are sparse, however, and our understanding of their overall role in the physics of a hurricane is incomplete. To further understand their dynamics an experimental apparatus using a homogeneous fluid (water) has been constructed to emulate the lower tropospheric flow of the hurricane eye/eyewall region.
- Publication:
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Pub Date:
- November 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022112002001647
- Bibcode:
- 2002JFM...471....1M