Physics
Scientific paper
May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3609804r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 9, CiteID L09804
Physics
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Atmospheric Processes: Convective Processes, Atmospheric Processes: Tropical Meteorology, Atmospheric Processes: Stratosphere/Troposphere Interactions, Atmospheric Processes: Remote Sensing
Scientific paper
Using infrared satellite imagery, best-track data, and reanalysis data, tropical cyclones are shown to contain a disproportionate amount of the deepest convection in the tropics. Although tropical cyclones account for only 7% of the deep convection in the tropics, they account for about 15% of the deep convection with cloud-top temperatures below the monthly averaged tropopause temperature and 29% of the clouds that attain a cloud-top temperature 15 K below the temperature of the tropopause. This suggests that tropical cyclones could play an important role in setting the humidity of the stratosphere.
Kuang Zhiming
Romps David M.
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