Cumulus Heating and CISK in the Extratropical Atmosphere. Part I: Polar Lows and Comma Clouds
Cumulus Heating and CISK in the Extratropical Atmosphere. Part I: Polar Lows and Comma Clouds
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温带大气中的积云加热和 CISK。
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1988
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Han‐Ru Cho
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G. Craig;Han‐Ru Cho
Abstract The effects of cumulus heating and the possibility of CISK in extratropical latitudes are explored by combining the Eady model of baroclinic instability with wave-CISK. For perturbations about a state of rest, there is no intrinsic time scale, however the equations can be solved for geopotential tendency. It was found that CISK disturbances could not grow unless the heating exceeded a threshold value. This value is reduced when the boundary layer moisture content is increased, the static stability decreased, or the heating distributed lower in the troposphere. Perturbations about a baroclinic basic state, for small heating rates resemble a baroclinic wave with heating acting mainly to reduce the effective static stability, resulting in faster growth and shorter wavelengths. However, as the heating is increased, the instability gradually takes on the characteristics of the pure CISK disturbance. The transition level shows the same dependencies on model parameters as for the threshold in the CISK c...