Beck, Veronika und Dotzek, Nikolai (2010) Reconstruction of near-surface tornado wind fields from forest damage. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49 (7), Seiten 1517-1537. American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/2010JAMC2254.1.
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Tornado intensity is usually inferred from the damage produced. To foster postevent tornado intensity assessments, the authors present a model to reconstruct near-surface wind fields from forest damage patterns. By comparing the structure of observed and simulated damage patterns, essential parameters to describe a tornado near-surface wind field are derived, such as the ratio Gmax between circular and translational velocity, and the deflection angle a between peak wind and pressure gradient. The model consists of a wind field module following the Letzmann analytical tornado model and a tree module based on the mechanistic HWIND tree model to assess tree breakage. Using this method, the velocity components of the near-surface wind field, the track of the tornado center, and the spatial distribution of the Fujita scale along and across the damage path can be assessed. Necessary requirements to apply the model are knowledge of the tornado translation speed (e.g., from radar observations) and a detailed analysis of the forest damage patterns. One of the key findings of this analysis is that the maximum intensity of the tornado is determinable with an uncertainty of only (Gmax 1 1) times the variability of the usually well-known tornado translation speed. Further, if Letzmann�s model is applied and the translation speed of the tornado is known, the detailed tree model is unnecessary and could be replaced by an average critical velocity for stem breakage ycrit independent of the tree species. Under this framework, the F3 and F2 ratings of the tornadoes in Milosovice, Czech Republic, on 30 May 2001 and Castellcir, Spain, on 18 October 2006, respectively, could be verified. For the Milosovice event, the uncertainty in peak intensity was only 66.0 m s21. Additional information about the structure of the near-surface wind field in the tornado and several secondary vortices was also gained. Further, this model allows for distinguishing downburst damage patterns from those of tornadoes.
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Dokumentart: | Zeitschriftenbeitrag | ||||||||||||
Titel: | Reconstruction of near-surface tornado wind fields from forest damage | ||||||||||||
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Datum: | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Erschienen in: | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology | ||||||||||||
Referierte Publikation: | Ja | ||||||||||||
Open Access: | Ja | ||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | Nein | ||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Ja | ||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Ja | ||||||||||||
Band: | 49 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1175/2010JAMC2254.1 | ||||||||||||
Seitenbereich: | Seiten 1517-1537 | ||||||||||||
Verlag: | American Meteorological Society | ||||||||||||
Status: | veröffentlicht | ||||||||||||
Stichwörter: | assessment, tornado intensity, forest damage | ||||||||||||
HGF - Forschungsbereich: | Verkehr und Weltraum (alt) | ||||||||||||
HGF - Programm: | Weltraum (alt) | ||||||||||||
HGF - Programmthema: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||
DLR - Schwerpunkt: | Weltraum | ||||||||||||
DLR - Forschungsgebiet: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben): | W - Vorhaben Atmosphären- und Klimaforschung (alt) | ||||||||||||
Standort: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||
Institute & Einrichtungen: | Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre > Dynamik der Atmosphäre | ||||||||||||
Hinterlegt von: | Ponater, Dr.rer.nat. Michael | ||||||||||||
Hinterlegt am: | 07 Sep 2010 08:22 | ||||||||||||
Letzte Änderung: | 06 Sep 2019 15:19 |
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