Sergey A. Arsen’yev. Mathematical modeling of tornadoes and squall storms[J]. Geoscience Frontiers, 2011, 2(2): 215-221. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.03.007
Citation: Sergey A. Arsen’yev. Mathematical modeling of tornadoes and squall storms[J]. Geoscience Frontiers, 2011, 2(2): 215-221. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.03.007

Mathematical modeling of tornadoes and squall storms

  • Recent advances in modeling of tornadoes and twisters consist of significant achievements in mathematical calculation of occurrence and evolution of a violent F5-class tornado on the Fujita scale, and four-dimensional mathematical modeling of a tornado with the fourth coordinate time multiplied by its characteristic velocity. Such a tornado can arise in a thunderstorm supercell filled with turbulent whirlwinds. A theory of the squall storms is proposed. The squall storm is modeled by running perturbation of the temperature inversion on the lower boundary of cloudiness. This perturbation is induced by the action of strong, hurricane winds in the upper and middle troposphere, and looks like a running solitary wave (soliton); which is developed also in a field of pressure and velocity of a wind. If a soliton of a squall storm gets into the thunderstorm supercell then this soliton is captured by supercell. It leads to additional pressure fall of air inside a storm supercell and stimulate amplification of wind velocity here. As a result, a cyclostrophic balance inside a storm supercell generates a tornado. Comparison of the radial distribution of wind velocity inside a tornado calculated by using the new formulas and equations with radar observations of the wind velocity inside Texas Tornado Dummit in 1995 and inside the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado shows good correspondence.
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