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Title: Advection, Moistening, and Shallow-to-deep Convection Transitions During the Initiation and Propagation of Madden-Julian Oscillation

Abstract

Using observations from the 2011 AMIE/DYNAMO field campaign over the Indian Ocean and a high-resolution regional model simulation, the processes that lead to the rapid shallow-to-deep convection transitions associated with the initiation and eastward propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) are examined. By tracking the evolution of the depth of several thousand individual model simulated precipitation features, the role of and the processes that control the observed midtropospheric moisture buildup ahead of the detection of deep convection are quantified at large and convection scales. The frequency of shallow-to-deep convection transitions is found to be sensitive to this midlevel moisture and large-scale uplift. This uplift along with the decline of large-scale drying by equator-ward advection causes the moisture buildup leading to the initiation of the MJO. Convection scale moisture variability and uplift, and large-scale zonal advection play secondary roles.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Indian Inst. of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar (India)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1166679
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-97931
Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466; KP1701000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; moisture; ITCZ; deep convection; Madden-Julian Oscillation; MJO

Citation Formats

Hagos, Samson M., Feng, Zhe, Landu, Kiranmayi, and Long, Charles N. Advection, Moistening, and Shallow-to-deep Convection Transitions During the Initiation and Propagation of Madden-Julian Oscillation. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1002/2014MS000335.
Hagos, Samson M., Feng, Zhe, Landu, Kiranmayi, & Long, Charles N. Advection, Moistening, and Shallow-to-deep Convection Transitions During the Initiation and Propagation of Madden-Julian Oscillation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014MS000335
Hagos, Samson M., Feng, Zhe, Landu, Kiranmayi, and Long, Charles N. 2014. "Advection, Moistening, and Shallow-to-deep Convection Transitions During the Initiation and Propagation of Madden-Julian Oscillation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014MS000335.
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title = {Advection, Moistening, and Shallow-to-deep Convection Transitions During the Initiation and Propagation of Madden-Julian Oscillation},
author = {Hagos, Samson M. and Feng, Zhe and Landu, Kiranmayi and Long, Charles N.},
abstractNote = {Using observations from the 2011 AMIE/DYNAMO field campaign over the Indian Ocean and a high-resolution regional model simulation, the processes that lead to the rapid shallow-to-deep convection transitions associated with the initiation and eastward propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) are examined. By tracking the evolution of the depth of several thousand individual model simulated precipitation features, the role of and the processes that control the observed midtropospheric moisture buildup ahead of the detection of deep convection are quantified at large and convection scales. The frequency of shallow-to-deep convection transitions is found to be sensitive to this midlevel moisture and large-scale uplift. This uplift along with the decline of large-scale drying by equator-ward advection causes the moisture buildup leading to the initiation of the MJO. Convection scale moisture variability and uplift, and large-scale zonal advection play secondary roles.},
doi = {10.1002/2014MS000335},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1166679}, journal = {Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems},
issn = {1942-2466},
number = 3,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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