Browsing Physics & Atmospheric Science Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Subject "Clouds"

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  • A one-dimensional cloud model with trimodal convective outflow 

    Folkins, Ian. 2009. "A one-dimensional cloud model with trimodal convective outflow." Journal of Climate 22(23): 6437-6455.
    The author describes a one-dimensional cloud model designed to investigate the relationships between stratiform downdrafts, congestus outflow, stability, and relative humidity in the tropical lower troposphere. In the ...

  • Origin of lapse rate changes in the upper tropical troposphere 

    Folkins, Ian. 2002. "Origin of lapse rate changes in the upper tropical troposphere." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 59(5): 992-1005.
    Vertical motions in clouds arise from a variety of thermodynamic processes, including latent heat release, evaporative cooling, melting, and cloud radiative heating. In the Tropics, the net upward vertical mass flux from ...

  • The vertical structure of tropical convection and its impact on the budgets of water vapor and ozone 

    Folkins, Ian, and Randall V. Martin. 2005. "The vertical structure of tropical convection and its impact on the budgets of water vapor and ozone." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 62(5): 1560-1573. doi:10.1175/JAS3407.1
    Convective clouds in the Tropics that penetrate the boundary layer inversion preferentially detrain into a shallow outflow layer (2-5 km) or a deep outflow layer (10-17 km). The properties of these layers are diagnosed ...