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contributor authorHodur, Richard M.
contributor authorFein, Jay S.
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:01:49Z
date available2017-06-09T16:01:49Z
date copyright1977/12/01
date issued1977
identifier issn0027-0644
identifier otherams-59217.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4199751
description abstractObjectively analyzed wind fields from the tropical western Pacific in the area of the ITCZ (Marshall Islands, April?July 1958) were used to evaluate average monthly values of the large-scale terms in the vorticity equation. Large imbalances, interpreted as representing subgrid-scale processes, were found to exist. Results indicate excellent correlation between the imbalances and the intense convection associated with the ITCZ. Based upon these results, it is suggested subgrid-scale cumulus convection processes play an important role in the vertical transport of vorticity in tropical oceanic regions during spring and summer. This indicates that in addition to the well-known effects of vertical transport of heat and momentum by cumulus clouds, parameterization of vorticity advection by cumulus convection should be included in tropical models.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleA vorticity Budget over the Marshall Islands During the Spring and Summer Months
typeJournal Paper
journal volume105
journal issue12
journal titleMonthly Weather Review
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0493(1977)105<1521:AVBOTM>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1521
journal lastpage1526
treeMonthly Weather Review:;1977:;volume( 105 ):;issue: 012
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