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Thermal modification of the troposphere due to convective interaction

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dc.contributor.authorKininmonth, W. R. (William R.), author
dc.contributor.authorColorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-11T18:09:41Z
dc.date.available2019-10-11T18:09:41Z
dc.date.issued1970-09
dc.descriptionCER70-71WRK29.
dc.descriptionSeptember 1970.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 36).
dc.descriptionThis study was undertaken while the author was on leave from the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. The research was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research under Contract No. N00014-68-A-0493-0002 with Colorado State University.
dc.description.abstractThe erosion and subsequent mixing to the environment of the updraft of mesoscale convective clouds is examined and modeled as a mechanism for the thermal modification of the cloud environment. Atmospheric soundings made near the cloud edge of mesoscale convective systems at Anaco, Venezuela during project VIMHEX indicate that these systems are a sink of heat to the prevailing airflow. The convective mixing model is shown to be capable of explaining this heat exchange and thermal modification. To simulate the effect of an intensifying tropical disturbance the model is applied with higher values of updraft equivalent potential temperature. The model demonstrates that the convective clouds are transformed from a net sink to a net source of heat in the troposphere and remain in phase with the observed thermal changes of tropical disturbances.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnder Contract No. N00014-68-A-0493-0002.
dc.format.mediumtechnical reports
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/198260
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationCatalog record number (MMS ID): 991012975219703361
dc.relation.ispartofCivil Engineering Reports
dc.relation.ispartofCER, 70/71-29
dc.relation.ispartofAtmospheric science paper, no. 167
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dc.subject.lcshTropospheric thermodynamics
dc.subject.lcshAtmospheric thermodynamics
dc.subject.lcshConvection (Meteorology)
dc.subject.lcshTroposphere
dc.titleThermal modification of the troposphere due to convective interaction
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