Analysis on the cause of rainfall intensity difference of typhoon Haitang (2005)
By calculating and comparing effects of condensation heating, modified moist-ageostrophic Q vector (Q~*), and topographic forcing among three categories of heavy rainfall: heavy rainfall(R_1), large heavy rainfall (R_2), and extremely heavy rainfall (R_3), the cause of rainfall intensity difference associated with typhoon Haitang (2005) is analyzed quantitatively. The results show that latent heating contributes to differences in intensity between R_1 and R_2 during the whole landfall, and among three rainfall categories after the landfall. The forcing from Q~* vector accounts for differences in intensity between R_1 and R_2 before the landfall while it contributes to differences in intensity among three rainfall categories after the landfall. The topographic lifting is responsible for differences in intensity among R_3 and R_2,R_1 before the landfall whereas it contributes to differences in intensity among three rainfall categories after the landfall.
Typhoon HaitangDifferent rainfall categoriesCause of difference in rainfall intensity