Tropical convection and its contribution to climate variability

Grant number: DP0770381 | Funding period: 2007 - 2009

Completed

Abstract

This research will provide the necessary data to test and improve the representation of tropical convective clouds in weather forecast and climate simulation models. This will lead to more robust estimates of future climate change, and improved prediction of precipitation in the Australian tropics. This project will also provide training to undergraduate and postgraduate students in using modern computer models; such models will be a key component of weather forecasting in the future.

Related publications (13)

Processes underlying near-cloud turbulence

T Lane

2016-01-01

Thunderstorms generate turbulence both within cloudy air and in the clear air surrounding them. Both in-cloud and out-of-cloud tur..

Gravity waves generated by convection during TWP-ICE: 2. High-frequency gravity waves

MCN Hankinson, MJ Reeder, TP Lane

2014-05-16

High-frequency gravity waves are analyzed using radiosonde soundings taken during the Tropical Warm Pool-International Cloud Exper..

Gravity waves generated by convection during TWP-ICE: I. inertia-gravity waves

MCN Hankinson, MJ Reeder, TP Lane

2014-05-16

Gravity waves are analyzed in radiosonde soundings taken during the Tropical Warm Pool-International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE) ca..

Intensity of thunderstorm-generated turbulence revealed by large-eddy simulation

TP Lane, RD Sharman

2014-03-28

Thunderstorms are characterized by turbulent processes that constitute an important aviation hazard and cause vertical transport o..

The generation of near-cloud turbulence in idealized simulations

Dragana Zovko-Rajak, Todd P Lane

2014-01-01

This study explores the generation of turbulence in the upper outflow regions of simulated idealized mesoscale convective systems...

Statistical assessment of tropical convection-permitting model simulations using a cell-tracking algorithm

S Caine, TP Lane, PT May, C Jakob, ST Siems, MJ Manton, J Pinto

2013-02-01

This study presents a method for comparing convection-permitting model simulations to radar observations using an innovative objec..

A case of offshore convective initiation by interacting land breezes near Darwin, Australia

Kathrin Wapler, Todd P Lane

2012-02-01

A case of offshore convective initiation by interacting land breezes near Darwin, Australia is investigated using convection-permi..

Coupling between Gravity Waves and Tropical Convection at Mesoscales

Todd P Lane, Fuqing Zhang

2011-11-01

An idealized cloud-system-resolving model simulation is used to examine the coupling between a tropical cloud population and the m..

Characterization of Momentum Transport Associated with Organized Moist Convection and Gravity Waves

Todd P Lane, Mitchell W Moncrieff

2010-10-01

Tropical convection is inherently multiscalar, involving complex fields of clouds and various regimes of convective organization r..

Cloud-System-Resolving Model Simulations of Tropical Cloud Systems Observed during the Tropical Warm Pool-International Cloud Experiment

Kathrin Wapler, Todd P Lane, Peter T May, Christian Jakob, Michael J Manton, Steven T Siems

2010-01-01

Nested cloud-system-resolving model simulations of tropical convective clouds observed during the recent Tropical Warm Pool-Intern..

Some Influences of Background Flow Conditions on the Generation of Turbulence due to Gravity Wave Breaking above Deep Convection

Todd P Lane, Robert D Sharman

2008-11-01

Deep moist convection generates turbulence in the clear air above and around developing clouds, penetrating convective updrafts an..

Stratospheric gravity waves generated by multiscale tropical convection

Todd P Lane, Mitchell W Moncrieff

2008-08-01

The generation of gravity waves by multiscale cloud systems evolving in an initially motionless and thermodynamically uniform envi..

The vortical response to penetrative convection and the associated gravity-wave generation

Todd P Lane

2008-07-01

This study documents the vortical motions that arise due to penetrative convective updraughts. Using an idealized axisymmetric mod..

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