# Height-dependent transition from 3-D to 2-D turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer

Author(s) Byrne, David, Zhang, Jun A.
Publication Type Journal Items, Publication Status: Published
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Title Height-dependent transition from 3-D to 2-D turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer
Author(s) Byrne, David
Zhang, Jun A.
Journal or Series Title Geophysical Research Letters
Volume Number 40
Issue Number 7
Start Page 1439
End Page 1442
ISSN 0094-8276
1944-8007
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Publication Place Washington
Publication Date 2013-04
Abstract Here we show, from in situ aircraft measurements in the hurricane boundary layer, a height-dependent transition of the flow from 3-D to 2-D turbulence. This marks a fundamental change in the energy dynamics of the hurricane boundary layer due to the fact that in 3-D, energy flows downscale from larger to smaller scales, whereas in 2-D, it flows upscale, from smaller to larger scales. These results represent the first measurement of the 2-D upscale energy flux in the atmosphere and also the first to characterize the transition from 3-D to 2-D. It is shown that the large-scale parent vortex may gain energy directly from small scales in tropical cyclones.
DOI 10.1002/grl.50335
Additional Notes Published online 12 April 2013
Document Type Article
Publication Status Published
Language English
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author = "Byrne, David and Zhang, Jun A.",
title = "{H}eight-dependent transition from 3-{D} to 2-{D} turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer",
journal = "Geophysical Research Letters",
year = 2013,
volume = "40",
number = "7",
pages = "1439--1442",
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