RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TROPICAL PRECIPITATION AND KINEMATIC CLOUD MODELS.
Abstract
The model developments of vapor, cloud, and precipitation distributions in weak and strong circulations and in initially saturated and unsaturated atmospheres are illustrated. Approximately 83% of condensed water is precipitated from a weak circulation which starts from initially saturated conditions; this declines to 60% for a strong circulation which starts from unsaturated conditions. The omission of diffusive entrainment from the model may explain why the model precipitation efficiencies are much higher than estimates of Braham. Precipitation production seems to be most sensitive to the product of circulation intensity times duration, and only weakly sensitive to model microphysical parameters. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0437817
Entities
People
- Edward A. Newburg
- Edwin Kessler Iii.
- Geirmundur Arnason