Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Tropics

一段时间以来，人们已经认识到热带地区深层对流对全球环流的重要性。 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，以测量该地区深层对流的特征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及其直接环境中的风、热和湿度剖面进行定量描述。 将注意到早期现场实验结果的相似性和差异，并在适当的情况下开发新的概念模型。 一个主要目标是研究潜热和海气交换的垂直剖面大范围运动的影响。

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.