The Diurnal and Microphysical Characteristics of MJO Rain Events during DYNAMO
The Diurnal and Microphysical Characteristics of MJO Rain Events during DYNAMO
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DYNAMO 期间 MJO 降雨事件的日间和微物理特征
DOI:
10.1175/jas-d-18-0316.1
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
M. D. Zuluaga
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作者:
A. Rowe;R. Houze;S. Brodzik;M. D. Zuluaga
The Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) dominates the intraseasonal variability of cloud populations of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. Suppressed MJO periods consist primarily of shallow and isolated deep convection. During the transition to an active MJO, the shallow and isolated deep clouds grow upscale into the overnight hours. During active MJO periods, mesoscale convective systems occur mostly during 2–4-day bursts of rainfall activity with a statistically significant early morning peak. Yet when these rain events are separated into individual active periods, some periods do not follow the mean pattern, with the November events in particular exhibiting an afternoon peak. The radar-observed microphysical processes producing the precipitation during the major rain events of active MJO periods evolve in connection with synoptic-scale wave passages with varying influences of diurnal forcing. MJO studies that do not account for the intermittency of rainfall during active MJO phases through averaging over multiple events can lead to the misimpression that the primary rain-producing clouds of the MJO are modulated solely by the diurnal cycle.