{"id":3735,"date":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/2021\/04\/06\/the-dynamics-of-tropical-cyclogenesis-and-intensification\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","slug":"the-dynamics-of-tropical-cyclogenesis-and-intensification","status":"publish","type":"physics_colloquium","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/colloquium\/the-dynamics-of-tropical-cyclogenesis-and-intensification\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dynamics of Tropical Cyclogenesis and Intensification"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"page-featured-image\" class=\"wp-block-image is-style-alignleft\" data-pic=\"pic-650.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/01\/pic-650.jpg\" alt=\"Promotional image for talk: Elements of a successful scientific talk\" data-pic=\"pic-650.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong> Michael T. Montgomery<\/p>\n<p>To forecast tropical cyclones, or to determine possible changes in their climatology as a result of global warming, we need a conceptual model of how tropical cyclones work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do tropical cyclones form, intensity, and decay?<\/li>\n<li>Why do these storms sometimes intensify rapidly, surprising tropical forecasters in charge of protecting life and property for communities affected by these life-threatening storms?<\/li>\n<li>What conceptual models are available to address the questions?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this talk I will briefly review tropical cyclone structure and present new developments on the fluid dynamics of these storms that help answer these questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3735","physics_colloquium","type-physics_colloquium","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium\/3735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/physics_colloquium"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}