Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Tropics

人们认识到热带地区的深对流对全球环流的重要性已有一段时间了。1986年，在澳大利亚北部海岸进行了一项名为“赤道中尺度实验”（EMEX）的试点实验，以获得该地区深对流特征的测量数据，以及该对流对更大尺度环境的影响。首席研究员将对赤道云团内部和直接环境中的风、热和湿度剖面进行定量描述。将注意到早期实地试验结果的异同，并在适当情况下发展新的概念模型。一个主要目标将是研究潜热和海气交换对大尺度运动的垂直剖面的影响。

The importance of deep convection in the tropics to the global circulation has been recognized for some time. In 1986 a pilot experiment termed the Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment (EMEX) was held off the northern coast of Australia to obtain measurements of the characteristics of deep convection in that part of the world and the effect of that convection on the larger scale environment. The Principal Investigator will produce quantitative descriptions of the wind, thermal and moisture profiles within and in the immediate environment of equatorial cloud clusters. Similarities and differences of the results from earlier field experiments will be noted and, if appropriate, new conceptual models developed. A major goal will be to investigate the effects on the large scales of motion of the vertical profile of latent heating and sea-air exchanges.