Tropical deep convection and tropical tropopause - Academia Sinica
Tropical deep convection and tropical tropopause - Academia Sinica
Tropical deep convection and tropical tropopause - Academia Sinica
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Deep <strong>convection</strong> in the atmosphere<br />
• Horizontal velocity in the<br />
atmosphere<br />
• Large scale – ~ 10 m/s<br />
• Mesoscale – > 50 m/s<br />
• Vertical velocity in the<br />
atmosphere<br />
• Large scale – w ~ a few<br />
cm/s.<br />
• Shallow <strong>convection</strong>s –<br />
w max ~ a few m/s<br />
• Deep <strong>convection</strong>s – w max<br />
~ 30 - 60 m/s, even more<br />
in some extreme cases<br />
• Deep <strong>convection</strong>s usually<br />
organize into a few narrow<br />
belts (such as ITCZ <strong>and</strong><br />
frontal b<strong>and</strong>s)
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