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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1997-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1997-2018
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12 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2018

Tropical continental downdraft characteristics: mesoscale systems versus unorganized convection

Kathleen A. Schiro and J. David Neelin

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Downdraft processes in climate models are poorly constrained, largely due to a lack of robust, statistical relationships describing them. Using multi-instrument data from the GoAmazon2014/5 campaign, downdraft properties of mesoscale-organized and unorganized systems are compared and such statistics are presented. Both vertical velocity retrievals and thermodynamic arguments are consistent in suggesting a spectrum of downdraft mass origin levels throughout the lowest few kilometers.
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