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Mechanics
Bowen Zhao, Vladimir Zeitlin, Alexey V. Fedorov
Summary: High-resolution numerical simulations are used to study the adjustment of equatorial pressure anomalies within one- and two-layer shallow-water systems on a rotating sphere, revealing the emergence of cyclonic pairs termed equatorial modons. The moist convection greatly enhances the formation of modons, with baroclinic equatorial modons also observed in the two-layer model. Additionally, a transient Gill pattern is demonstrated preceding the generation of modons in both models.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Adam T. Hartman
Summary: The Congo basin in central Africa experiences intense convection through mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) during the rainy seasons. This study tracks MCSs over a 33-year period and identifies seasonal differences using satellite and reanalysis data. Results show significant variability and differences between seasons, with potential localized terrain effects near the Great Rift Valley.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Philipp Reiter, Xuan Zhang, Rodion Stepanov, Olga Shishkina
Summary: This study investigates the impact of travelling thermal waves on the formation of global flow structures in 2-D and 3-D convective systems. Results show that in diffusion dominated regimes, zonal flows are driven purely by Reynolds stresses and always travel retrograde, while in convection dominated regimes, mean flow advection caused by tilted convection cells becomes dominant, leading to prograde directed mean zonal flows. The findings are validated through direct numerical simulations and provide further evidence for the relevance of the results for geophysical and astrophysical systems.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
D. M. Morake, R. C. Blamey, C. J. C. Reason
Summary: The climatology of large, long-lived mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over eastern South Africa during the extended austral summer from 1985 to 2008 shows an average of 63 MCSs occurring in summer with considerable interannual variability. These systems mainly occur between November and March, with a peak in December, and are influenced by favorable CAPE and vertical shear profiles.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Lorenzo Tomassini, Martin Willett, Alistair Sellar, Adrian Lock, David Walters, Michael Whitall, Claudio Sanchez, Julian Heming, Paul Earnshaw, Jose M. Rodriguez, Duncan Ackerley, Prince Xavier, Charmaine Franklin, Catherine A. Senior
Summary: In atmospheric models with kilometer-scale grids, the resolution approaches the scale of convection, leading to partially resolved and partially unresolved energetic eddies. This convective gray zone problem has been discussed in regional models, but here we explore it in a defined global configuration using forecasts and comparing different model formulations to observations. The results suggest that configurations with scale-aware turbulence and a simplified mass-flux convection scheme outperform others, supporting the further development of scale-aware physics schemes and the operational implementation of the global 5 km-resolution model.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
C. H. E. L. S. E. A. E. SNIDE, A. N. G. E. L. F. ADAMES, S. C. O. T. T. W. POWELL, V. I. C. T. O. R. C. MAYTA
Summary: This study examines the initiation of the Madden-Julian oscillation over the Indian Ocean using a moisture budget analysis, and finds that horizontal moisture advection and adiabatic lifting play crucial roles in moistening the troposphere. Results from different datasets show that adiabatic lifting is significant for MJO maintenance, but there are discrepancies in the importance of adiabatic lifting to moistening the troposphere before convection onset.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuan-Ming Cheng, Stefan Tulich, George N. Kiladis, Juliana Dias
Summary: Observational evidence is presented for two extratropical pathways to forcing tropical convective disturbances. The first pathway involves resonance between the tropics and extratropics, leading to the excitation of equatorial waves. The second pathway involves the intrusion of midlatitude systems into the tropics, directly forcing tropical convection. This study highlights the importance of extratropical forcing in tropical circulations and its potential for improving weather predictions beyond 2 weeks.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Elizabeth A. DiGangi, Michael Stock, Jeff Lapierre
Summary: This study uses the ENGLN thunder hour dataset to study thunderstorm activity, and the results show consistency with past measurements. Thunder hours are an intuitive measure of thunderstorm frequency and are particularly useful for studying thunderstorm climatology.
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xingchao Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Zhe Feng, Qiu Yang
Summary: Based on satellite observations, this study reveals that precipitation over tropical oceans rapidly increases when the environmental column saturation fraction exceeds the critical value of 0.7. Non-deep convection, deep convection, and mesoscale convective systems (MCS) play sequential roles in the precipitation-moisture interactions, with MCS becoming the major contributor to total rain above the critical CSF value.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Thibaut Dauhut, Fleur Couvreux, Dominique Bouniol, Florent Beucher, Lea Volkmer, Veronika Poertge, Michael Schaefer, Alex Ayet, Pierre-Etienne Brilouet, Marek Jacob, Martin Wirth
Summary: Flower clouds are shallow cumuli organised into clusters, reaching 3 km altitude, and associated with strong cloud radiative effect. The processes governing flower clouds were investigated using a case study from the EUREC4A campaign. A large-eddy simulation was conducted to simulate one flower cloud, and validated with high-resolution observations. The processes shaping flower clouds were identified to be wide cold pools and cloudy updrafts, similar to deep mesoscale convective systems.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Tianying Liu, Zhengyu Liu, Yuchu Zhao, Shaoqing Zhang
Summary: The double-intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) bias has been a long-standing problem in climate models, but its attribution to the extratropics and tropics was unclear. Using the regional data assimilation (RDA) method and a more advanced model, this study quantifies the influence of the extratropical atmosphere on the double-ITCZ bias. The findings reveal that the bias is mainly influenced by the subtropics between 20 and 30 degrees, with little impact from the extratropics poleward of 30 degrees.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuling Yao, Yang Zhang, Kevin i. Hodges, Talia Tamarin-Brodsky
Summary: Extratropical cyclones (ETCs) are complex weather systems with diverse vertical structures and distinct characteristics. This study classified North Pacific ETCs into deep cyclones, shallow low-level cyclones, and shallow upper-level cyclones, and tracked them using a Lagrangian perspective. The analysis revealed different mechanisms for the propagation of deep and shallow ETCs, including diabatic heating and horizontal advection for deep cyclones, and nonlinear advection terms for shallow cyclones.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tom Dror, Vered Silverman, Orit Altaratz, Mickael D. Chekroun, Ilan Koren
Summary: This article investigates the limitations in representing shallow cumulus in climate prediction, and identifies a class of continental shallow convective cumulus clouds that share distinct morphological properties. These clouds, named greenCu, are mainly found over forests and vegetated areas. Through the creation of a satellite-based dataset, the study reveals that greenCu clouds are driven by similar large-scale meteorological conditions regardless of their geographical locations across continents.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Philipp J. Griewank, Thijs Heus, Roel A. J. Neggers
Summary: This paper presents a unique methodology for studying shallow continental convection, using a segmentation algorithm to identify individual 3D objects and analyzing their properties. The results show that the width of the objects significantly affects their kinematic and thermodynamic properties, especially above cloud base.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
David Fuchs, Steven C. Sherwood, Darryn Waugh, Vishal Dixit, Matthew H. England, Yi-Ling Hwong, Olivier Geoffroy
Summary: Midlatitude weather is influenced by midlatitude jets, whose properties, especially latitudes, are poorly understood. Climate models show a spread in their simulated jet latitudes and predicted poleward shift under global warming. Models with more poleward jets have more moisture and warmer upper troposphere, potentially due to differences in moist convection and microphysics. Turning off deep or shallow convective parameterizations in atmospheric model runs suggests that more shallow convection leads to poleward jet positioning in Southern Hemisphere (SH) summer, while favoring deep convection leads to equatorward positioning. This explains 60% of the spread in jet position during austral summer. Similar biases are observed in the Northern Hemisphere boreal summer. Shallow convection in midlatitudes reduces SH jet shift in a warmer climate, consistent with the correlation between jet position and shift in this season. These results highlight the unexpected role of atmospheric moist convection in midlatitude circulation.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba, Keiko Takahashi
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2014)
Article
Mechanics
Naohisa Takagaki, Ryoichi Kurose, Yuya Baba, Yuichiro Nakajima, Satoru Komori
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW
(2014)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba, Keiko Takahashi
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2013)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2015)
Article
Oceanography
Yuya Baba
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba, Marco A. Giorgetta
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS
(2020)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yuya Baba
DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS
(2020)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba
Summary: The study found that the new spectral scheme outperforms the original convection scheme in simulating global tropical cyclone activity, especially in terms of cyclone genesis, track density, and response to ENSO and MJO.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yuya Baba
Summary: The newly developed spectral scheme implemented in the SINTEX-F2 seasonal prediction system improved intraseasonal variability and proved to be more successful in simulating climatology, variability, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) compared to the original convection scheme. The spectral scheme also successfully simulated low-level shallow convection before the peak of organized convection, a result lacking in the original scheme simulation. Additionally, statistical and quantitative analysis showed that the spectral scheme captured MJO-related variability better than the original scheme.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yuya Baba
Summary: This study investigated the importance of ocean prediction for predicting heavy rainfall events in Japan in July 2020. It was found that the coupled model was more accurate in predicting the rainfall peaks and generating correct sea level pressure patterns compared to the regional atmospheric model. Ocean prediction can improve the predictability of heavy rainfall events by considering the atmospheric feedback on sea surface temperature.
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yuya Baba, Tomomichi Ogata
Summary: This study investigates the resolution dependence of tropical cyclones (TCs) simulated using a spectral cumulus parameterization. The results show that increasing the horizontal resolution improves the underestimation of TC track density and TC intensity. Local differences in atmospheric conditions may have a strong impact on TC statistics. The vertical TC structure plays an important role in influencing TC statistics.
DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tomomichi Ogata, Yuya Baba
Summary: This study examines the tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific in 2018-2020 and its relationship with planetary scale convection and circulation anomalies using atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) ensemble simulations. The updated convection scheme improves simulation ability and consistent features were observed in TC activity and genesis potential.
FRONTIERS IN CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Vittal Hari, Oldrich Rakovec, Wei Zhang, Akash Koppa, Matthew Collins, Rohini Kumar
Summary: This study reveals a significant association between the Atlantic Meridional Mode (AMM) and temperature variability in the eastern European region. Positive AMM phase leads to a significant increase in temperature, while negative phase has the opposite effect. The AMM modulates the temperature through planetary-scale Rossby waves and anomalous anticyclone circulation.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Fang Cao, Yi-Xuan Zhang, Yan-Lin Zhang, Wen-Huai Song, Yu-Xian Zhang, Yu-Chi Lin, Chaman Gul, Md. Mozammel Haque
Summary: This study investigates the influences of continental emissions on marine aerosols in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea of China. The results show that biomass burning is the major contributor to organic aerosols in these marine atmospheres.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Chenxi Liao, Wenhua Gao, Lanzhi Tang, Chengyin Li
Summary: Based on ERA5 data, this study analyzed the characteristics of four hydrometeors and their relationship with precipitation intensity in central eastern China and the northwest Pacific Ocean. The results show that stratiform precipitation is dominated by ice processes, while convective precipitation has comparable contributions from water and ice processes.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Hsiang-Yu Huang, Sheng-Hsiang Wang, William K. M. Lau, Shih-Yu Simon Wang, Arlindo M. da Silva
Summary: This study presents a diagnostic analysis of the interannual variation of regional climate and its impact on biomass burning aerosol emissions in peninsular Southeast Asia (PSEA). It identifies four climatic factors governing the emission and transport of PSEA biomass burning aerosols and reveals a significant correlation with the El Nin similar to o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The results contribute to a better understanding and improved model simulations of aerosol-climate interactions in South and Southeast Asian monsoon regions.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Deniz H. Diren-Ustuen, Yurdanur S. Unal, Simge Irem Bilgen, Cemre Yuruk Sonuc, Sahar Sodoudi, Caner Guney, Ahmet Ozgur Dogru, Selahattin Incecik
Summary: This is the first comprehensive study to examine how urbanization affects the microclimate of Istanbul using the urban climate model MUKLIMO_3. The findings suggest that changing the albedo of roofs and implementing green-roofs can significantly reduce air temperatures in urban areas.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Yetong Li, Yan Xia, Fei Xie, Yingying Yan
Summary: Surface ozone, a major air pollutant, is influenced by stratosphere-troposphere exchange (STE) which contributes to both the decrease and increase of surface ozone in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, respectively. Additionally, global warming is expected to worsen surface ozone pollution in the future.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Na Li, Ping Zhao, Changyan Zhou
Summary: In this study, the daily sensible and latent heat fluxes in the Tibetan Plateau are estimated using the maximum entropy production model. The results show good performance of the model and reveal the spatial distribution and trends of surface heat fluxes in the region.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Wenqing Lin, Huopo Chen, Weiqi Wang, Dawei Zhang, Fan Wang, Wuxia Bi
Summary: It is found in this study that anthropogenic activities may significantly contribute to the decrease in snowfall days, light snowfall, and light snowfall days across Eurasia, with greenhouse gas emissions being the main driver. However, detection of human influence is challenging for intense snowfall.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Chongxun Mo, Xingbi Lei, Xixi Mo, Ruli Ruan, Gang Tang, Lingguang Li, Guikai Sun, Changhao Jiang
Summary: Reliable precipitation information is crucial for scientific and operational applications. Open-access gridded precipitation products (OGPPs) are important sources due to their continuous spatiotemporal coverage. This study proposes a methodology to comprehensively compare the accuracies and stabilities of ten different OGPPs, particularly in mountainous basins. The results show high accuracy but unstable performance of all OGPPs, with multi-source fusion-type products offering better stability and accuracy. Multi-source weighted-ensemble precipitation and climate prediction center morphing method products exhibit the best comprehensive performance.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Jingzhuo Wang, Hanbin Zhang, Jing Chen, Guo Deng, Yu Xia
Summary: In this study, a new scale-blending technique was proposed to evaluate the impact of multiscale initial perturbations on the CMA-CPEPS. The results showed that the blended scheme improved the dispersion of dynamical variables and increased the ensemble spread of precipitation, leading to reduced forecast error.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Ziyi Song, Botao Zhou, Xinping Xu, Zhicong Yin
Summary: This study, based on reanalysis data from 1980 to 2019, reveals that the relationship between autumn sea ice concentration in the Barents-Kara Seas (BKSIC) and subsequent winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) underwent an interdecadal weakening in the early 1990s. The weakening can be attributed to the decrease in the interannual variability of BKSIC, which leads to a discrepancy in the tropospheric warming. In the former period (1980-1993), the decrease in autumn BKSIC enhances tropospheric warming and weakens the circumpolar westerly, resulting in a negative NAO phase. However, in the latter period (1994-2019), the smaller interannual variability of BKSIC weakens its influence on the tropospheric temperature, diluting the relationship with the subsequent winter NAO.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Wogu Zhong, Zhiwei Wu
Summary: Significant phase shifts in winter surface air temperature (SAT) anomalies have occurred in East Asia in recent years, leading to detrimental effects on socio-economic activities. In this study, the fourth principal mode of month-to-month SAT variations over EA in winter was identified, representing subseasonal SAT reversals over the mid-high latitudes of EA during late winter. The formation of this mode is accompanied by stratospheric temperature anomalies over eastern Siberia-Alaska in January.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Weiqian Ji, Leiku Yang, Xinyao Tian, Muhammad Bilal, Xin Pei, Yu Zheng, Xiaofeng Lu, Xiaoqian Cheng
Summary: This study systematically evaluated the AOD products of the DB and MAIAC algorithms based on MODIS over bright surfaces, and investigated the underestimation of AOD affected by various factors. The results indicated that the MAIAC products performed better than DB, and the C6.1 MAIAC showed slight improvement compared to C6.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Tao Wang, Xiaohua Gou, Xuejia Wang, Hongwen Liu, Fei Xie
Summary: This study finds that the meridional position of subtropical jet anomalies has shifted equatorward in both the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere since the 1960s due to the influence of ENSO. The changes in tropical SST anomalies associated with ENSO contribute to this equatorward shift.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Alireza Ghaderi Bafti, Arman Ahmadi, Ali Abbasi, Hamid Kamangir, Sadegh Jamali, Hossein Hashemi
Summary: Actual evapotranspiration (ETa) plays a crucial role in the water and energy cycles of the earth. This study develops an automated deep learning model for accurate estimation of ETa using image processing, architectural design, and hyper-parameter tuning. The proposed model shows promising results in different climatic regions, highlighting its potential for enhanced atmospheric research.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2024)