Mesoscale Convection and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

被称为中尺度对流复合体的有组织的雷暴集合已被确定为热带和中纬度地区大部分降雨和恶劣天气的起因。这项研究旨在更好地理解中尺度对流复合体和大气边界层。这项研究将采用启动、维持和调制中尺度对流的过程，以及对流对边界层观测和数学/物理模式的影响。这项研究将基于两个中尺度实验的数据，这两个实验得到了美国国家科学基金会的部分支持：俄克拉荷马-堪萨斯州风暴中心初步区域实验(风暴前；STORMS代表风暴规模业务和研究气象学)和台湾地区中尺度实验(TAMEX)。

Organized collections of thunderstorms known as mesoscale convective complexes have been identified as producers of most of the rainfall and severe weather in the tropics and the mid- latitudes. This research is directed towards an improved understanding of mesoscale convective complexes and the atmospheric boundary layer. Processes which initiate, maintain and modulate mesoscale convective as well as effects of convection on the boundary layer observations and mathematical/physical models will be employed in this research effort. The research will be based on data from two mesoscale experiments which were partially supported by the National Science Foundation: the Oklahoma-Kansas Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM-Central (PRE-STORM; STORMS stands for Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology) and the Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment (TAMEX).