Aircraft Measurements for Understanding Air-Sea Coupling and Improving Coupled Model Predictions Over the Indian Ocean
Abstract
The goals of this PI are to understand the physical processes that control the air-sea interaction and its impact on a wide rang of weather and climate systems and improve coupled atmosphere-ocean prediction through development of innovative coupled models and observations. The specific objectives of this study are to obtain coincident measurements of the lower atmosphere, air-sea interface, and the upper ocean adequate for coupled model evaluation; better understand the physics of air-sea coupling and its impact on convective organization including convectively induced cold pool structure; examine corresponding air-sea fluxes and boundary layer recovery that affects time scales of convection; diagnose high-resolution coupled model such as COAMPS forecasts of convective cloud systems and convective cold pool structure to determine the effects of air-sea coupling on the convective organization in the coupled model on diurnal, 2-day, and synoptic variability and their up-scaling influence in both convectively active and suppressed phases of MJO; and improve physical representation of the air-sea coupling processes in coupled models through airborne and satellite observations over the Indian Ocean.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA575526
Entities
People
- Shuyi S. Chen
Organizations
- University of Miami