Modeling tropical convergence based on the moist static
energy budget
J. David Neelin, and Isaac M. Held
Mon. Wea. Rev., 1987.
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© Copyright 1987 by the American Meteorological Society.
Abstract.
The vertically integrated moist static energy equation provides a
convenient starting point for the construction of simple models of the
time-mean low level convergence in the tropics. A vertically integrated
measure of the moist static stability, the 'gross moist stability',
proves to be of central importance. Minima in this quantity mark
the positions of the tropical convergence zones. We argue that
the positions of these minima are determined by the time-mean moisture
field, which is, in turn, closely tied to the time-mean surface temperature.
Citation.
Neelin, J. D., and I. M. Held, 1987: Modeling tropical convergence
based on the moist static energy budget.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 3-12.
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