Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Features during TOGA-COARE IOP

Cloud-resolving simulation of TOGA-COARE using parameterized large- scale dynamics

[1] Variations in deep convective activity during the 4month Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere-Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA-COARE) field campaign are simulated using a cloud-resolving model (CRM). Convection in the model is coupled to large-scale vertical velocities that are parameterized using one of two different methods: the damped gravity wave (Damped-wave) method and t...

Climate Model Forecast Experiments for TOGA COARE

Short-term (1–10 day) forecasts are made with climate models to assess the parameterizations of the physical processes. The time period for the integrations is that of the intensive observing period (IOP) of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE). The models used are the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate Mod...

Large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns associated with the occurrence of severe storms Zab basin

High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Dataset of the Surface Fluxes of Heat, Freshwater, and Momentum for the TOGA COARE IOP

The interaction between the tropical atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean warm pool consists of intense but episodic exchanges of heat, momentum, and freshwater. This coupling of the atmosphere–ocean system occurs over temporal scales ranging from that of an individual cloud to the Walker circulation. A unique feature of the equatorial oceans is the existence of a free-wave mode of large zonal wave...

Deep convection and chemistry in the TOGA COARE/CEPEX region

Cloud system resolving model study of the roles of deep convection for photo-chemistry in the TOGA COARE/CEPEX region M. Salzmann, M. G. Lawrence, V. T. J. Phillips, and L. J. Donner Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Geoph...