Distribution and Mechanisms of Orographic Precipitation Associated with Typhoon Morakot (2009)

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Title:	Distribution and Mechanisms of Orographic Precipitation Associated with Typhoon Morakot (2009)
Authors:	Yu, CK (Yu, Cheng-Ku) Cheng, LW (Cheng, Lin-Wen)
Contributors:	Dept Atmospher Sci
Keywords:	Orographic effects Precipitation Tropical cyclones
Date:	2013-09
Issue Date:	2014-02-24 16:23:16 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	Using a combination of Doppler radar observations and rain gauge data, this study documents detailed aspects of the orographic precipitation associated with Typhoon Morakot (2009). Rainfall distribution over underlying topographical features and possible physical mechanisms responsible for the observed orographic enhancement are explored. The study region constitutes an approximately two-dimensional, south-north-oriented orographic barrier with higher, wider (lower, narrower) terrain features in its northern (southern) portions (i.e., the northern and southern barriers). Upstream conditions were characterized by abundant typhoon background precipitation embedded within strong, nearly saturated westerly to west-southwesterly oncoming flow. The observations show that a wide area of topographically enhanced precipitation and the rainfall maxima were confined to the windward slopes of the northern barrier, whereas the strongest rainfall tended to occur near and/or slightly downstream of the mountain crest of the southern barrier. Quantitative analysis indicates that upslope lifting may explain the observed precipitation enhancement over the northern barrier; however, this mechanism was found to be less relevant to precipitation enhancement for the southern barrier. The characteristics of the enhanced precipitation observed over the southern barrier are, instead, consistent with the theoretical prediction of the seeder-feeder process. In this context, the degree of orographic enhancement was shown to be proportional to the intensity of the typhoon background precipitation multiplied by the oncoming wind speed. The results suggest that for the tropical cyclone environment, understanding and predicting rainfall over narrow, low mountain ranges is particularly challenging because it involves complex dynamical and microphysical processes.
Relation:	JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES Volume: 70 Issue: 9 Pages: 2894-2915
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Atmospheric Sciences & Graduate Institute of Earth Science / Atmospheric Science ] journal articles

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