axisymmetrization
axisymmetrization
[¦ak·sə‚sim·ə·trə′zā·shən] (fluid mechanics)
The rounding of noncircular vortices in the absence of strong external deformation. Also known as aggregation.
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Outer-rainband lightning in this type of environment was found to promote
axisymmetrization of convection in the near-core environment, a known precursor to TC intensification.
Although GOES imagery suggested significant
axisymmetrization of the upper-level cloud field during this intensification period, the storm circulation remained highly asymmetric, consistent with the moderate vertical wind shear that continued at this time.
2012; Abarca and Montgomery 2014), balance response and/or
axisymmetrization of outer rainbands (e.g., Fang and Zhang 2012; Rozoff et al.
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