Tropical oceanic hot towers: Need they be undilute to transport energy from the Boundary layer to the upper troposphere effectively? An answer based on Trajectory analysis of a simulation of a TOGA COARE convective system

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-213

  Fierro, Alexandre O ^a   Zipser, Edward J ^b   LeMone, Margaret A ^c   Straka, Jerry M ^a   Simpson, Joanne Malkus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Clouds; Convective clouds; Cumulus clouds

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CUMULUS CLOUD; GRADIENT ACCELERATION; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOT TOWERS; ICE CRYSTALS; MICROPHYSICS; MIDTROPOSPHERE; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SQUALL LINES; THERMAL BUOYANCY; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT ENERGY; TROPICAL OCEAN-GLOBAL ATMOSPHERES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE;

BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STORMS; TRAJECTORIES; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CUMULUS; HADLEY CELL; ICE CRYSTAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SQUALL LINE; TOGA-COARE; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84855796683     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0147.1     Document Type: Article

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