The Properties of Convective Clouds Over the Western Pacific and Their Relationship to the Environment of Tropical Cyclones

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaoxia Pu ◽  
Carolyn Reynolds ◽  
Allen Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Convective Clouds ◽  
The Western Pacific

scholarly journals Impact of typhoons on the composition of the upper troposphere within the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone: the SWOP campaign in Lhasa 2013

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Li ◽  
Bärbel Vogel ◽  
Jianchun Bian ◽  
Rolf Müller ◽  
Laura L. Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapour ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Asian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Vertical Transport ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Lagrangian Model ◽  
Upper Troposphere ◽  
Asian Summer ◽  
The Western Pacific

Abstract. In the frame of the SWOP (sounding water vapour, ozone, and particle) campaign during the Asian summer monsoon (ASM), ozone and water vapour profiles were measured by balloon-borne sensors launched from Lhasa (29.66° N, 91.14° E, elevation 3650 m), China, in August 2013. In total, 24 soundings were launched, nearly half of which show some strong variations in the relationship between ozone and water vapour in the tracer-tracer correlation in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS). 20-day backward trajectories of each sounding were calculated using the trajectory module of the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS) to analyse these variations. The trajectory calculations demonstrate that three tropical cyclones (tropical storm Jebi, typhoons Utor and Trami), which occurred over the Western Pacific Ocean during August 2013, had a considerable impact on the vertical distribution of ozone and water vapour by uplifting marine air masses to altitudes of the ASM anticyclone. Air parcels subsequently arrived at the observation site via two primary pathways: firstly via direct horizontal transport from the location of the typhoon to the station within approximately three days, and secondly via rotational subsidence, during which air parcels descend slowly along a circle following the anticyclone flow within a timescale of one week. Furthermore, the interplay between the spatial position of the ASM anticyclone and tropical cyclones plays a key role in controlling the transport pathways of air parcels from the boundary layer of the Western Pacific to Lhasa in horizontal as well as vertical transport. Moreover, the statistical analysis shows that the strongest impact by typhoons is found at altitudes between 14.5 km and 17 km (365–375 K). Low ozone values (50–80 ppbv) were observed between 370 K and 380 K due to the strong vertical transport within tropical cyclones.

scholarly journals Dehydration and low ozone in the tropopause layer over the Asian monsoon caused by tropical cyclones: Lagrangian transport calculations using ERA-Interim and ERA5 reanalysis data

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Li ◽  
Bärbel Vogel ◽  
Rolf Müller ◽  
Jianchun Bian ◽  
Gebhard Günther ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapour ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Asian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Deep Convection ◽  
Reanalysis Data ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Lagrangian Model ◽  
Trajectory Calculations ◽  
Tropopause Region ◽  
The Western Pacific

Abstract. Low ozone and low water vapour values near the tropopause over Kunming, China were observed using balloon-borne measurements performed during the SWOP (sounding water vapour, ozone, and particle) campaign in August 2009 and 2015. Here, we investigate low ozone and water vapour signatures in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) using FengYun-2D, FengYun-2G, Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) satellite measurements and backward trajectory calculations driven by both ERA-Interim and ERA5 reanalysis data. Trajectories with kinematic and diabatic vertical velocities were calculated using the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS) trajectory module. All trajectory calculations show that air parcels with low ozone and low water vapour values in the UTLS over Kunming measured by balloon-borne instruments originate from the western Pacific boundary layer. Deep convection associated with tropical cyclones over the western Pacific transports boundary air parcels with low ozone into the cold tropopause region. Subsequently, these air parcels are mixed into the strong easterlies on the southern side of the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone. Air parcels are dehydrated when passing the lowest temperature region (

scholarly journals Explaining darker deep convective clouds over the western Pacific than over tropical continental convective regions

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 4573-4585 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.-J. Sohn ◽  
M.-J. Choi ◽  
J. Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Single Layer ◽  
Satellite Observation ◽  
Cloud Microphysics ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
South American ◽  
Convective Clouds ◽  
Deep Convective Clouds ◽  
Ocean Region ◽  
Ice Water ◽  
The Western Pacific

Abstract. This study attempted to explain why deep convective clouds (DCCs) over the western Pacific are generally darker than those found over tropical African and South American land regions. The western Pacific domain was further divided into its land and ocean regions to deduce the general differences in DCC characteristics between convectively active tropical land and ocean regions. DCC in this study is defined as a single-layer cloud whose thickness is greater than 15 km, and it is determined from CloudSat-measured reflectivity profiles. Corresponding MODIS-measured reflectivities at 0.645 μm were examined, along with the analysis of cloud products from Cloud Aerosol Lidar Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) measurements. From an analysis of the four January months of 2007–2010, a distinct difference in ice water path (IWP) between the ocean region of the western Pacific and the three tropical land regions was revealed. Distinct differences in the effective radius between land and ocean were also found. The findings lead to a conclusion that smaller IWP over the western Pacific ocean region than over the tropical land regions, which should be caused by different cloud microphysics between land and ocean, is the main cause of smaller reflectivity there.

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