On the dynamics of cyclogenesis, rapid intensification and recurvature of the very severe cyclonic storm, Ockhi
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On the dynamics of cyclogenesis, rapid intensiBcation and recurvature of the very severe cyclonic storm, Ockhi S D SANAP1,*, M MOHAPATRA2, M M ALI3,4, P PRIYA5 and D VARAPRASAD6 1
India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, ODce of the Climate Research and Services, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005, India. 2 India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, ODce of the Director General of Meteorology, Mausam Bhavan, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003, India. 3 Centre for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA. 4 Present address: Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Authority, Kunchanapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India. 5 Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pashan, Pune 411 008, India. 6 National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad 500 037, India. *Corresponding author. e-mail: [email protected] MS received 17 January 2020; revised 22 April 2020; accepted 10 June 2020
A very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS), ‘Ockhi’ started its journey from southwest Bay of Bengal (BoB) over Comorin area (7.5N–77.5E) as a low-pressure area on 28 November, 2017. Initially it moved north-westwards across Lakshadweep Islands without hitting Tamil Nadu or Kerala coast, then moved north-eastward over the Arabian Sea and dissipated upon hitting south Gujarat coast on 06 December, 2017. Rapid intensiBcation (RI), clockwise recurvature and a longer track were the major features of the VSCS, Ockhi. In the present study, an attempt has been made to understand the mechanism of cyclogenesis, RI and recurvature of the Ockhi using satellite and reanalysis datasets. Initially, role of easterly waves (EW) and Madden Jullian Oscillations (MJO) on the cyclogenesis of tropical cyclone Ockhi is addressed. Our analysis suggests that the EW (MJO) played a seminal (insignificant) role in preconditioning the atmosphere for the cyclogenesis of the Ockhi. Our detailed analysis using various oceanic parameters indicate that, the passage of the cyclonic storm over the regions of high thermal energy, especially warmer ocean mean temperature (OMT) at 100 m depth, was instrumental in its rapid intensiBcation. Further, we addressed the recurving feature of the VSCS Ockhi using steering Cow analysis. It is found that strong north-eastward steering winds, embedded in subtropical westerlies with deep southward extent, favoured the recurving of the Ockhi towards north-eastward by suppressing the conventional westward (north-westward) track movement. Keywords. Tropical cyclone; easterly waves; rapid intensiBcation; recurvature; upper ocean thermal energy; tropical dynamics.
Supplementary materials pertaining to this article are available on the Journal of Earth Science Website (http://www.ias.ac.in/ Journals/Journal˙of˙Earth˙System˙Science).
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J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2020)129:194
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