Rotating radiative-convective equilibrium simulated by a cloud-resolving model

Non-rotating and rotating radiative-convective equilibrium

Radiative-convective equilibrium (RCE), in which the radiative cooling in the atmosphere is balanced by the convective heating in a horizontally homogeneous environment, is a good starting point for studying tropical convection. It also provides an idealized framework to compare analogous simulations by global climate models (GCMs) which rely on convective parameterizations, and cloud-resolving...

A Sensitivity Study of Radiative–Convective Equilibrium in the Tropics with a Convection-Resolving Model

Statistical-equilibrium (SE) states of radiative–convective systems in tropical oceanic conditions are simulated with a cloud ensemble model (CEM) in this study. Typical large-scale conditions from the Marshall Islands and the eastern tropical Atlantic regions are used to drive the CEM. The simulated SE precipitable water, column temperature, and relative humidity are only slightly higher than ...

Convective Cloud Distribution in a Cloud Resolving Model

A Test of the Simulation of Tropical Convective Cloudiness by a Cloud-Resolving Model

A methodology is described for testing the simulation of tropical convective clouds by models through comparison with observations of clouds and precipitation from earth-orbiting satellites. Clouds are divided into categories that represent convective cores: moderately thick anvil clouds and thin high clouds. Fractional abundances of these clouds are computed as a function of rain rate. A three...

Land-Atmosphere Interaction and Radiative-Convective Equilibrium

I present work on several topics related to land-atmosphere interaction and radiativeconvective equilibrium: the first two research chapters invoke ideas related to landatmosphere interaction to better understand radiative-convective equilibrium; the last two research chapters use the framework of radiative-convective equilibrium to better understand land-atmosphere interaction. First, I calcul...