The present study has used Meteosat infrared brightness temperature images to investigate the regional and interannual variability of Central African cloudiness. Spatial and temporal variability were investigated using half–hourly data from the Meteosat-7 during June–July–August (JJA) of 1998–2002. The full domain of study (1.5◦E–17◦E, 1◦N–15◦N) was divided into six regions and statistics in ea...

[1] Quasi‐equilibrium (QE) closure is an approximation that is expected to apply to a large ensemble of clouds under slowly changing weather conditions. It breaks down under rapidly changing conditions or when the domain size is too small to provide an adequate sample of the cloud field. We explore fluctuations about an equilibrium state as simulated by a three‐dimensional cloud‐resolving model...

An understanding of convective weather impacts on en route airspace capacity is a first step toward development of predictive tools to support both tactical and strategic routing decisions in storm-impacted airspace. This study presents a model for traffic reductions in en route sectors that result from convective weather impacts. A model to predict the impact of convective weather on en route ...

This presentation is a summary of research progress supported under the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) project entitled "Parameterization of Convective Clouds, Mesoscale Convective Systems, and Con'o'ective-Generated Clouds." The approach used in this research is to perform explicit simulations of convective clouds and mesoscale convective systems for well-documented observed cases. Th...

The sensitivity of quantitative precipitation forecasts to various modifications of the Kain-Fritsch (KF) convective parameterization scheme (CPS) is examined for twenty selected cases characterized by intense convective activity and widespread precipitation over Greece, during the warm period of 2005–2007. The study is conducted using the MM5 model with a two nested domains strategy, with hori...

At times, lake-effect snow bands undergo changes in structure, typically related to the diurnal heating cycle. Cellular structures are most commonly seen during the afternoon and evening, while organized bands are most commonly observed during the late night/morning period. However, there have been notable exceptions to this timing; indicating there are other factors at play. The goals of this ...

ABSTRACT The Kepler mission revealed a plethora of stellar variability in the light curves many stars, some associated with magnetic activity or oscillations. In this work, we analyse periodic signal 162 intermediate-mass interpreted as Rossby modes and rotational modulation – so-called hump spike feature. We investigate whether (spike) is due to spots caused by fields Overstable Convective (Os...

[1] The pathway to summertime convective precipitation remains a vexing research problem because of the nonlinear feedback between soil moisture content and the atmosphere. Understanding this feedback is important to the southeastern U. S. region, given the high productivity of the timberland area and the role of summertime convective precipitation in maintaining this productivity. Here we expl...

We derive a new formalism for convective motions involving two radial flows. This formalism provides a framework for convective models that guarantees consistency for the chemistry and the energy budget in the flows, allows time-dependence and accounts for the interaction of the convective motions with the global contraction or expansion of the star. In the one-stream limit the formalism reprod...

This study investigates the sensitivity of the estimated monthly convective rain fraction— that is, the percentage of the areal rain accumulation contributed by precipitation identified as convective—to variations of the Z–R parameters used in radar-based rainfall estimation. Accurate knowledge of the fractions of precipitation that are convective and stratiform is important for climatological ...