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May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3609708z&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 9, CiteID L09708
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Atmospheric Processes: Convective Processes, Atmospheric Processes: Global Climate Models (1626, 4928), Atmospheric Processes: Tropical Meteorology, Atmospheric Processes: Precipitation (1854)
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This study investigates the role of the interaction between deep and shallow convection in MJO simulation using the NCAR CAM3. Two simulations were performed, one using a revised Zhang-McFarlane convection scheme for deep convection and the Hack scheme for shallow convection, and the other disallowing shallow convection below 700 mb in the tropical belt. The two simulations produce dramatically different MJO characteristics. While the control simulation produces realistic MJOs, the simulation without shallow convection has very weak MJO signals in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Composite analysis finds that shallow convection serves to precondition the lower troposphere by moistening it ahead of deep convection. It also produces enhanced low-level mass convergence below 850 mb ahead of deep convection. This work, together with previous studies, suggests that a correct simulation of the interaction between deep and shallow convection is key to MJO simulation in global climate models.
Song Xiaoliang
Zhang Guang J.
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