Moisture Tendency Equations in a Tropical Atmosphere

Scale Separation for Moisture-laden Regions in the Tropical Atmosphere

The size distribution of moist regions in the tropical atmosphere exhibits two modes of organization, one at synoptic scales and the other at planetary scales. We show the existence of these two modes in two data sets: columnintegrated precipitable water and outgoing long-wave radiation. A simple two-column model of radiation and convection in the Tropics helps interpret the presence of these t...

A review of tropical ocean–atmosphere interactions

Enormous strides have been made towards the goal of operational predictions of seasonal and interannual climate fluctuations, especially as regards the phenomenon El Niño. To initialize models, measurements are available from an impressive array of instruments that monitor the tropical Pacific continually; coupled general circulation models of the ocean and atmosphere are already capable of rep...

Titan’s Tropical Storms in an Evolving Atmosphere

The Huygens probe landed in a damp lake bed fed by fluvial channels, indicative of past rainfall. Such washes, interspersed with vast dunes, are typical of Titan’s tropical landscape. Yet, Cassini-Huygens measurements reveal a highly stable tropical atmosphere devoid of deep convective storms, and the formation of washes in dune fields is not understood. Here we examine the effects of seasonal ...

The Analysis of Monthly moisture advection changes in Iran’s atmosphere over the recent half-century

Ocean-atmosphere Interaction and Tropical Climate

The ocean and atmosphere are in constant exchange of heat, water, and momentum. The interaction of the ocean and atmosphere adds shades and rhythms in the structure of tropical climate. Ocean-atmosphere interaction research has experienced rapid growth in studying El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and yielded tremendous benefits by enabling and improving the prediction of ENSO and important ...