Convective and moist vorticity vectors associated with tropical oceanic convection: A three-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulation

被引：47
作者：
Gao, Shouting [1 ]
Li, Xiaofan
Tao, Wei-Kuo
Shie, Chung-Lin
Lang, Steve
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Atmospher Phys, Lab Cloud Precipitat Phys & Severe Storms, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[2] Sci Syst & Applicat Inc, Lanham, MD 20706 USA
[3] NOAA, Natl Environm Satellite Data & Informat Serv, Joint Ctr Satellite Data Assimilat, Camp Springs, MD 20746 USA
[4] NOAA, Natl Environm Satellite Data & Informat Serv, Ctr Satellite Applicat & Res, Camp Springs, MD 20746 USA
[5] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Goddard Earht Sci & Technol Ctr, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
[6] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Atmospheres Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES | 2007年 / 112卷 / D1期
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D O I：
10.1029/2006JD007179
中图分类号：
P4 [大气科学（气象学）];
学科分类号：
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要：
[1] The relationships between cloud hydrometeors and convective/moist vorticity vectors are investigated using hourly data from a three-dimensional, 5-day cloud-resolving model (CRM) simulation during the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Kwajalein Experiment (KWAJEX). Vertical components of convective and moist vorticity vectors are highly correlated with cloud hydrometeors. The vertical components represent the interaction between horizontal vorticity and horizontal moist potential temperature/specific humidity gradient. The vertical components of convective and moist vorticity vectors can be used to study tropical oceanic convection in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional frameworks.
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