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Water lifting and outflow gain of kinetic energy in tropical cyclones
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +6
While water lifting plays a recognized role in the global atmospheric power budget, estimates for this role in tropical cyclones vary from no effect to a major reduction in storm i…
Hurricane's maximum potential intensity and surface heat fluxes
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +5
Emanuel's concept of Maximum Potential Intensity (E-PI) relates the maximum velocity of tropical storms, assumed to be in gradient wind balance, to environmental para…
Comments on "Is condensation-induced atmospheric dynamics a new theory of the origin of the winds?" by Jaramillo et al. (2018)
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Antonio Donato Nobre +4
Our comments on paper "Is Condensation-Induced Atmospheric Dynamics a New Theory of the Origin of the Winds?" by A. Jaramillo, O. J. Mesa, and D. J. Raymond published in J. Atmos.…
Hurricane's Maximum Potential Intensity and the Gravitational Power of Precipitation
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, A. V. Nefiodov +4
The concept of Maximum Potential Intensity (MPI) is widely used in tropical cyclone research to estimate the minimum central pressure and the maximum velocity of tropical storms fr…
The water budget of a hurricane as dependent on its movement
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +4
Despite the dangers associated with tropical cyclones and their rainfall, the origins of storm moisture remains unclear. Existing studies have focused on the region 40-400 km from…
Quantifying the global atmospheric power budget
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +3
The power of atmospheric circulation is a key measure of the Earth's climate system. The mismatch between predictions and observations under a warming climate calls for a reassessm…
Heat engines and heat pumps in a hydrostatic atmosphere: How surface pressure and temperature constrain wind power output and circulation cell size
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, A. V. Nefiodov +4
The kinetic energy budget of the atmosphere's meridional circulation cells is analytically assessed. In the upper atmosphere kinetic energy generation grows with increasing surface…
Comment on "The Tropospheric Land-Sea Warming Contrast as the Driver of Tropical Sea Level Pressure Changes" by Bayr and Dommenget
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, A. V. Nefiodov +3
T Bayr and D Dommenget [J. Climate 26 (2013) 1387] proposed a model of temperature-driven air redistribution to quantify the ratio between changes of sea level pressure and m…
Spatiotemporal relationships between sea level pressure and air temperature in the tropics
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +3
While surface temperature gradients have been highlighted as drivers of low-level atmospheric circulation, the underlying physical mechanisms remain unclear. Lindzen and Nigam (198…
Why does air passage over forest yield more rain? Examining the coupling between rainfall, pressure and atmospheric moisture content
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Douglas Sheil +3
The influence of forest loss on rainfall remains poorly understood. Addressing this challenge Spracklen et al. recently presented a pan-tropical study of rainfall and land-cover th…
The key physical parameters governing frictional dissipation in a precipitating atmosphere
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Andrei V. Nefiodov +4
Precipitation generates small-scale turbulent air flows the energy of which ultimately dissipates to heat. The power of this process has previously been estimated to be around 2-4…
Reply to comment of Bister and co-authors on the critique of the dissipative heat engine
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Bai-Lian Li +1
The dissipative heat engine (DHE) is based on a Carnot cycle with external heat Qin received at temperature Ts and released at To < Ts. In contrast to the classical Carnot engine,…
Potential energy of atmospheric water vapor and the air motions induced by water vapor condensation on different spatial scales
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov
Basic physical principles are considered that are responsible for the origin of dynamic air flow upon condensation of water vapor, the partial pressure of which represents a store…
Dissipative heat engine is thermodynamically inconsistent
A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov
A heat engine operating on the basis of the Carnot cycle is considered, where the mechanical work performed is dissipated within the engine at the temperature of the warmer isother…