diff --git a/wind/windmodels.f90 b/wind/windmodels.f90 index a4712433..dfdee7ac 100644 --- a/wind/windmodels.f90 +++ b/wind/windmodels.f90 @@ -1,9 +1,23 @@ subroutine fkerpert(R, lam, f, rMax, Vm, thetaFm, vFm, d2Vm, dVm, dP, beta, rho, Ux, Uy, n) !$ use omp_lib -! Kepert, J., 2001: The Dynamics of Boundary Layer Jets within the +! Analytical linear model of the tropical cyclone boundary layer +! as in Kepert, J., 2001: The Dynamics of Boundary Layer Jets within the ! Tropical Cyclone Core. Part I: Linear Theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, ! 2469-2484 + +! Written Jeff Kepert, Bureau of Meteorology, 1998-2000. +! Copyright the Bureau of Meteorology. +! Please do not distribute without my knowledge. + +! The model is, so far as I know, robust, except if the storm is +! close to inertially neutral (e.g. b too big). Note that it was written +! to understand the dynamics, not to make accurate predictions - +! the constants (C, K, etc) have not been tuned to observations. +! Note also that because of a linearisation in the derivation, the +! model does not produce the correct limit in the limit r -> infinity. + +! Modified by Craig Arthur, Geoscience Australia ! This calculates the Kepert wind field with a Holland pressure profile. diff --git a/wind/windmodels.py b/wind/windmodels.py index 321d714a..dac63142 100644 --- a/wind/windmodels.py +++ b/wind/windmodels.py @@ -1054,9 +1054,23 @@ def field(self, R, lam, vFm, thetaFm, thetaMax=0.): class KepertWindField(WindFieldModel): """ - Kepert, J., 2001: The Dynamics of Boundary Layer Jets within the + Analytical linear model of the tropical cyclone boundary layer + as in Kepert, J., 2001: The Dynamics of Boundary Layer Jets within the Tropical Cyclone Core. Part I: Linear Theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 2469-2484 + + Written Jeff Kepert, Bureau of Meteorology, 1998-2000. + Copyright the Bureau of Meteorology. + Please do not distribute without my knowledge. + + The model is, so far as I know, robust, except if the storm is + close to inertially neutral (e.g. b too big). Note that it was written + to understand the dynamics, not to make accurate predictions - + the constants (C, K, etc) have not been tuned to observations. + Note also that because of a linearisation in the derivation, the + model does not produce the correct limit in the limit r -> infinity. + + Modified by Craig Arthur, Geoscience Australia """