16A.7 Cloud-resolving simulations of the ITCZ and tropical waves

Friday, 20 April 2012: 3:30 PM
Masters E (Sawgrass Marriott)
Stefan N. Tulich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. S. Nolan

A suite of cloud-resolving simulations of the ITCZ and tropical waves are performed using a nested-channel version of the WRF model with prescribed zonally-uniform sea-surface temperatures (SSTs). A key objective is to understand how the choice of SST profile influences the simulated properties of the ITCZ and its embedded transients.
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