The Physics and Parameterization of Moist Atmospheric Convection [Paperback]

An up-to-date summary of our understanding of the dynamics and thermodynamics of moist atmospheric convection, with a strong focus on recent developments in the field. The book also reviews ways in which moist convection may be parameterised in large-scale numerical models - a field in which there is still some controversy - and discusses the implications of convection for large-scale flow.
Audience: The book is aimed at the graduate level and research meteorologists as well as scientists in other disciplines who need to know more about moist convection and its representation in numerical models.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Kloster Seeon, Bavaria, Germany, 4-16 August 1996An up-to-date summary of our understanding of the dynamics and thermodynamics of moist atmospheric convection, with a strong focus on recent developments in the field. The book also reviews ways in which moist convection may be parameterised in large-scale numerical models - a field in which there is still some controversy - and discusses the implications of convection for large-scale flow.
Audience: The book is aimed at the graduate level and research meteorologists as well as scientists in other disciplines who need to know more about moist convection and its representation in numerical models.Preface; R.K. Smith. A: Moist Convection. 1. Overview of Atmospheric Convection; K.A. Emanuel. 2. Thermodynamics of Moist and Cloudy Air; R.K. Smith. 3. The Mesoscale Organization of Deep Convection; J.-L. Redelsperger. 4. Trade Cumulus: Observations and Modelling; A.K. Betts. 5. Convection in Stratocumulus-Topped Atmospheric Boundary Layers; C.S. Bretherton. 6. Discrete Dry Convective Entities: I: Review; B.R. Morton. 7. Discrete Dry Convective Entities: II: Thermals and Deflected Jets; B.R. Morton. 8. Entrainment, Detrainment and Mixing in Atmospheric Convection; C.S. Bretherton. 9. Momentuló?