Tropical convective outflow and near surface equivalent potential temperatures

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dc.contributor.authorFolkins, Ian
dc.contributor.authorOltmans, Samuel J.
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Anne M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-26T16:34:14Z
dc.date.available2024-07-26T16:34:14Z
dc.date.issued2000-08-15
dc.description.abstractWe use clear sky heating rates to show that convective outflow in the tropics decreases rapidly with height between the 350 K and 360 K potential temperature surfaces (or between roughly 13 and 15 km). There is also a rapid fall-off in the pseudoequivalent potential temperature probability distribution of near surface air parcels between 350 K and 360 K. This suggests that the vertical variation of convective outflow in the upper tropical troposphere is to a large degree determined by the distribution of sub cloud layer entropy.
dc.description.sponsorshipSondedata for Samoaand Fiji wereprovided through the GTE database, archived at http://www-gte.larc.nasa.gov/,while all other sondeswere providedthroughthe SHADOZ databasearchivedby J. C. Witte (SMAC at NASA-Goddard): http://code916.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/shadoz.This article was substantially modified by the comments of tworeferees. Their criticisms are greatly appreciated. I. F. was sup-ported by the Natural Sciencesand Engineering Research Councilof Canada.
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2000GL011524
dc.format.extent4 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2irji-hyj8
dc.identifier.citationFolkins, Ian, Samuel J. Oltmans, and Anne M. Thompson. “Tropical Convective Outflow and near Surface Equivalent Potential Temperatures.” Geophysical Research Letters 27, no. 16 (2000): 2549–52. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000GL011524.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2000GL011524
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/34945
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAGU
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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dc.titleTropical convective outflow and near surface equivalent potential temperatures
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