简介：Threetyphoons,Goni,MorakotandEtauwhichweregeneratedinWesternPacificin2009,aresuccessfullysimulatedbytheWRFmodel.Thehorizontalandverticalvorticityandtheirinteractionareanalyzedanddiagnosedbyusingthesimulationresults.Itisshownthattheirresultantvectorshadafixedpatternintheevolutionprocessofthethreetyphoons:Thehorizontalvorticityconvergedtothetropicalcyclone(TC)centerbelow900hPalevel,flowedoutfromitataround900to800hPa,andflowedinbetween800hPaand700hPa.Ifmultiplemaximumwindspeedcentersshowedup,thehorizontalvorticityconvergedtothecenterofthetyphoonbelowthemaximumwindspeedcenteranddivergedfromtheTCcenterabovethemaximumwindspeedcenter.Atlowlevels,thethreetyphoonsinteractedwitheachotherthroughverticalcirculationgeneratedbythevortextube.Thiscirculationwasmainlygeneratedbytheeastwardorwestwardhorizontalvorticityvectors.Cloudsandprecipitationweregeneratedontheascendingbranchoftheverticalcirculation.ThevortextubesoftenflowedtowardthesouthwestoftherightTCfromthenortheastoftheleftTC.Accordingtothefullvorticityequation,thehorizontalvorticityconvertedintotheverticalvorticitynearthemaximumwindspeedcenterbelow850hPalevel,andtheperiodofmostintenseconversionwasconsistentwiththeintensificationperiodofTC,whilethevorticityadvectionwasagainsttheintensification.Theverticalvorticityconvertedintothehorizontalvorticityfrom800hPato600hPa,andthewindspeeddecreasedabovethemaximumwindspeedregionatlowlevels.