Diabatic heating and the low frequency dynamics in the tropics |
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| Authors: | Ken-ichi Kuma |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA;(2) Present address: Numerical Prediction Division, Japan Meteorological Agency, Otemachi 1-3-4, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Summary Using a General Circulation Model developed at FSU (FSUGCM), the role of the diabatic heating on the 30–60-day oscillation is investigated. To concentrate on the radiation and the moist convection processes, an aqua planet model is employed in this paper. We have obtained a 40-day oscillation with relatively lower frequency than other GCMs without strong heating in the lower troposphere. Unlike some GCMs and simple models, the convective area does not move eastward along with the oscillation. Adiabatic cooling due to the upward motion is mostly compensated by diabatic heating. This implies that Kelvin CISK theory might not explain our 40-day oscillation. We have also examined the impact of radiative heating on the low frequency oscillation. When we reduce the radiative cooling rate, our 40-day mode does not appear and a Kelvin CISK mode appears with a faster phase speed. The impact of the different convection schemes is also investigated. With an enhanced convection scheme, zonal wave number two with a 40-day period is generated.With 12 FiguresOn leave from Japan Meteorological Agency. |
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