Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Cloud Systems over the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and East China: A Cloud-resolving Model Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinghua Chen ◽  
Xiaoqing Wu ◽  
Chunsong Lu ◽  
Yan Yin
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Diurnal Variations ◽  
East China ◽  
Eastern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Cloud Systems ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Seasonal And Diurnal Variations ◽  
Cloud Resolving Model

scholarly journals Characteristics of Cloud Systems over the Tibetan Plateau and East China during Boreal Summer

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 3117-3137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinghua Chen ◽  
Xiaoqing Wu ◽  
Yan Yin ◽  
Qian Huang ◽  
Hui Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Diurnal Cycle ◽  
Convective Cloud ◽  
Radiative Heating ◽  
East China ◽  
Boreal Summer ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Cloud Systems ◽  
Convective Clouds ◽  
Cloud Resolving Model

Constrained by ERA-Interim, a cloud-resolving model is employed to characterize cloud systems over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and east China. The authors focus on analyzing the role of different physical processes on cloud macro- and microscale properties of the cloud systems, especially convective cloud systems between east China and the TP. It is found that convective clouds over the TP are thinner than over east China. This difference is also reflected in the albedo at the top of the atmosphere, where smaller albedos are found for the clouds over the TP. Furthermore, the lifetimes of the deep cloud systems over the TP are shorter than over east China. For the entire simulated period, the latent heat released by phase transitions contributes the most to the total heating and moisture budget, followed by eddy transport over all regions. In addition, radiative heating also plays a nonnegligible role in the total heating effects over the TP. These results also suggest that the influence of ice phase processes is more important over the TP than east China, especially during deep convective periods. Affected by strong surface heat flux, the cloud-top height of convective clouds over the TP exhibits a diurnal cycle, leading to a diurnal cycle of rainfall.

scholarly journals Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Surface Ozone at Ieodo in the East China Sea

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beom-Cheol Shin ◽  
Mee-Hye Lee ◽  
Jae-Hak Lee ◽  
Jae-Seol Shim
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
Diurnal Variations ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Seasonal And Diurnal Variations
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