A numerical study of the initiation and early development of convection in temperate atmospheres

✍ Scribed by D. A. Bennetts; Dr W. T. Roach

• Book ID: 104574710
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 808 KB
• Volume: 103
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49710343812

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A recent three‐dimensional numerical model of a tropical cumulonimbus cloud by Miller and Pearce has been adapted to temperate latitudes and it has been found that the mode of development is substantially altered. the tropical cloud has a fairly smooth development whereas the temperate‐latitude cloud is built up by successive thermals. Several integrations have been run and three particularly interesting cases are presented.