PLANETARY-SCALE COHERENT STRUCTURES OF TROPICAL MOIST CONVECTION

Authors
YANO JI
Citation
Ji. Yano, PLANETARY-SCALE COHERENT STRUCTURES OF TROPICAL MOIST CONVECTION, Australian journal of physics, 51(5), 1998, pp. 865-874
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Australian journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00049506
Volume
51
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
865 - 874
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-9506(1998)51:5<865:PCSOTM>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Two competing pictures for planetary-scale moist convective coherency in the tropical atmosphere exist. The nonlinear turbulent picture emph asises the scaling nature of the system, whereas the traditional pictu re emphasises the characteristic scales associated with the variabilit y. Some idealised simulations were performed as an initial attempt to reconcile these two competing pictures.