Large-scale vertical velocity, diabatic heating and drying profiles associated with seasonal and diurnal variations of convective systems observed in the GoAmazon2014/5 experiment

Tang, Shuaiqi; Xie, Shaocheng; Zhang, Yunyan; Zhang, Minghua; Schumacher, Courtney; Upton, Hannah; Jensen, Michael P.; Johnson, Karen L.; Wang, Meng; Ahlgrimm, Maike; Feng, Zhe; Minnis, Patrick; Thieman, Mandana

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14249-2016

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Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14249-2016

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16 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 16 Nov 2016

Large-scale vertical velocity, diabatic heating and drying profiles associated with seasonal and diurnal variations of convective systems observed in the GoAmazon2014/5 experiment

Shuaiqi Tang, Shaocheng Xie, Yunyan Zhang, Minghua Zhang, Courtney Schumacher, Hannah Upton, Michael P. Jensen, Karen L. Johnson, Meng Wang, Maike Ahlgrimm, Zhe Feng, Patrick Minnis, and Mandana Thieman

Data sets

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility S. Tang, S. Xie, and Y. Zhang https://doi.org/10.5439/1273323

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility C. Long, K. Gaustad, and L. Riihimaki https://doi.org/10.5439/1179822

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility R. McCoy, Y. Zhang, and S. Xie https://doi.org/10.5439/1097546

ERA-Interim Project. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds627.0/

Video supplement

Manaus S-Band Monthly A. Funk https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqbwaasmlvtcu2kl_U5RaaNF0kYqW6ua

Short summary

Data observed during the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment are used to derive the large-scale fields in this study. The morning propagating convective systems are active during the wet season but rare during the dry season. The afternoon convections are active in both seasons, with heating and moistening in the lower level corresponding to the vertical convergence of eddy fluxes. Case study shows distinguish large-scale environments for three types of convective systems in Amazonia.