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Climatic equilibrium of the atmospheric convective boundary layer over a tropical oceanA radiative-convective boundary layer model was developed by coupling a thermodynamic model of a partially mixed convective boundary layer (CBL) with a radiation model, and energy balance constraints were used to study coupled boundary layer (CBL) equilibrium over three timescales (about 1 day, about 10 days, and more than 100 days). It is shown that the variation in cloud top decreases with greater coupling to the atmosphere and the ocean. The slope of the latent heat flux with increasing SST decreases with more tropospheric coupling, and reverses sign with a coupled ocean.
Document ID
19890066796
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ridgway, W.
(Applied Research Corp. Landover, MD, United States)
Betts, Alan K.
(Applied Research Corp. Landover, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume: 46
ISSN: 0022-4928
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
89A54167
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-87-05403
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-30524
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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