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Which vorticity structure characterises a mature tropical cyclone?

  • A.Anticyclonic vorticity throughout
  • B.Alternating rings of cyclonic and anticyclonic vorticity spaced regularly outward from the eye wall
  • C.A compact core of very large cyclonic vorticity
  • D.A broad region of weak vorticity extending outward for more than a thousand kilometres from the centre

Answer: C

The vorticity of a mature hurricane is concentrated in a core only a few tens of kilometres across, reaching values of order \( 10^{-2} \) per second, some three orders of magnitude above synoptic values. The outflow aloft is anticyclonic but the low level circulation is strongly cyclonic. Vorticity rings do appear transiently during eyewall replacement but are not the characteristic steady structure. Reading the definition literally, rather than recalling a formula, is the reliable route through questions of this shape.

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