Scale Interaction Studies of EMEX Convective Systems

至少二十年来，人们已经认识到，热带地区加热的强度和垂直分布对大气环流包括中纬度地区的天气有重大影响。在热带地区，最重要的加热源是潜热的释放，潜热主要发生在中尺度对流系统中。1987年冬天，在澳大利亚北部海岸外进行了一次大型野外实验，目的之一是调查深层对流系统中加热的垂直分布。主要研究人员建议继续对这些丰富的数据集进行分析，以实现几个研究目标，包括：确定深层对流系统中调节垂直加热剖面的过程；并确定中尺度对流系统的净加热和干燥过程的变率。//

For at least two decades it has been recognized that the magnitude and vertical distribution of heating in the tropics has major effects upon the general atmospheric circulation including the weather in mid-latitudes. In tropical regions, the most important source of heating is the release of latent heat which predominantly occurs in mesoscale convective systems. In the winter of 1987, a large field experiment was held off the northern coast of Australia to investigate, among other goals, the vertical distribution of heating in deep convective systems. The Principal Investigators propose to continue their analyses of this rich data set to accomplish several research objectives including: to determine the processes that modulate the vertical heating profiles in deep convective systems; and to determine the variability of the net heating and drying processes in mesoscale convective systems. //