Hurricane Elena 1985
My Ph.D.
research focused on the structure and evolution of Hurricane
Elena (1985). Elena is a unique case for study as the
storm made a slow, two-day anticyclonic loop
in the
With this wealth
of data available, my thesis research focused on a number of
different aspects of Elena. These topics included
exploring the evolution of the symmetric component of the
vortex, investigating the relationship between vortex
asymmetries and environmental vertical wind shear, and
examination of the inner sprial rainbands for evidence of
vortex Rossby waves.
Ground Based
Radar
Description
of the data set (including data processing and sample images)
Time
series of the coverage of deep convection
Full
reflectivity animation 1800-2055 UTC
Symmetric Intensification
Radius-time
Hovmollers of azimuthally averaged flight level
quantities
Line graphs
of the changes in symmetric radial structure with inetnsoty
change
Composite vertical
incidence profiles
Reflectivity
Hovmollers and vortex Rossby waves
Review of
vortex Rossby wave theory and literature
Hovmollers
of azimuthal wavenumber components (please see Corbosiero
et al. 2006)