본문

서브메뉴

Atmospheric Dynamics Related to Subseasonal Variability in Rainfall over the Tropical Pacific
Atmospheric Dynamics Related to Subseasonal Variability in Rainfall over the Tropical Paci...
Atmospheric Dynamics Related to Subseasonal Variability in Rainfall over the Tropical Pacific

Detailed Information

자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202103620
ISBN  
9798283140094
DDC  
551.5
저자명  
Bunge, Isabelle.
서명/저자  
Atmospheric Dynamics Related to Subseasonal Variability in Rainfall over the Tropical Pacific
발행사항  
[Sl] : Columbia University, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
125 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Sobel, Adam;Biasutti, Michela.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약The eastern Pacific is a key region for the study of tropical convection, due to its unique dynamics and year-round rainfall concentrated in a zonal band called the Intertropical convergence Zone (ITCZ). A strong meridional gradient of sea surface temperature (SST) is defined by the equatorial cold tongue and warmer SST to the north, around the typical latitudes of the observed ITCZ. Through sensible heating, the SST imparts its structure onto the overlying atmospheric planetary boundary layer temperature, creating a low-level meridional pressure gradient. Through Ekman balance, this gradient drives low-level convergence towards the highest SST values, where the gradient changes sign. Simultaneously, diabatic heating over the largest SST values also influences upward motion, leading to a kind of chicken-and-egg question: Is it the SST that sets that low-level winds, which then drive the vertical motion and convection where they convergence, or inversely, is it the diabatic heating in moist convection which drives the vertical motion, and then sets the low-level flow through mass conservation. On the scale of days or weeks, there is very little variation in the underlying SST gradient, but observations demonstrate rapidly evolving convection along the ITCZ. This thesis analyzes the sources of boundary layer geopotential and wind perturbations that contribute to setting low-level convergence and thus convection.Chapter 1 is an introduction to the theories of tropical convection and its interactions with the large-scale motions in the eastern Pacific. It also provides an overview of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves (CCEWs), which will be discussed later as influences on the boundary layer. Chapter 2 applies a Mixed-Layer Model (MLM) to understand the role that the SST gradient and its corresponding low-level pressure gradient play in forcing boundary layer wind and convergence. The MLM results demonstrate that the SST gradient plays a substantial roll in setting the bulk boundary layer winds from OTREC observations.Chapter 3 focuses on how the planetary boundary layer mass field co-varies with precipitation and examines the relative contributions on the low-level dynamics from a component related to SST and another related to free-tropospheric dynamics. This study finds that on subseasonal timescales, variance in precipitation is strongly associated with variance in the low-level dynamics that is driven by the free troposphere. This result suggests that, under the viewpoint that the boundary layer dynamics forces convection, synoptic-scale variability in rainfall is primarily associated with perturbations to the low-level dynamics driven by free tropospheric transients. Finally, Chapter 4 covers research performed as a follow-up to Chapter 3, which studies the relative impact of different kinds of CCEWs on boundary layer dynamics along the ITCZ in the eastern Pacific. Through studying the evolution of Kelvin and Easterly waves in the eastern Pacific, the authors find that these waves act on boundary layer dynamics to enhance convection by amplifying vertical velocity modes observed in the region.The span of the research presented in this thesis can be summarized by a pursuit of understanding the factors that drive rainfall in the eastern Pacific on synoptic scales. On longer timescales, the meridional low-level pressure gradient created by SST is important in driving boundary layer winds; on shorter timescales, variance in low-level dynamics is heavily influenced by free-tropospheric transient (such as CCEWs) in similar manners, such that they that drive a moistening in the lower atmosphere, followed by deep vertical ascents and precipitation.
일반주제명  
Atmospheric sciences
일반주제명  
Climate change
일반주제명  
Meteorology
키워드  
Convection
키워드  
Convectively coupled equatorial waves
키워드  
Dynamics
키워드  
Rainfall
키워드  
Tropics
기타저자  
Columbia University Applied Mathematics
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-12B.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.

MARC

 008260126s2025        us                              c    eng  d
■001000017357937
■00520260202103620
■006m          o    d                
■007cr#unu||||||||
■020    ▼a9798283140094
■035    ▼a(MiAaPQ)AAI32045390
■040    ▼aMiAaPQ▼cMiAaPQ
■0820  ▼a551.5
■1001  ▼aBunge,  Isabelle.
■24510▼aAtmospheric  Dynamics  Related  to  Subseasonal  Variability  in  Rainfall  over  the  Tropical  Pacific
■260    ▼a[Sl]▼bColumbia  University▼c2025
■260  1▼aAnn  Arbor▼bProQuest  Dissertations  &  Theses▼c2025
■300    ▼a125  p
■500    ▼aSource:  Dissertations  Abstracts  International,  Volume:  86-12,  Section:  B.
■500    ▼aAdvisor:  Sobel,  Adam;Biasutti,  Michela.
■5021  ▼aThesis  (Ph.D.)--Columbia  University,  2025.
■520    ▼aThe  eastern  Pacific  is  a  key  region  for  the  study  of  tropical  convection,  due  to  its  unique  dynamics  and  year-round  rainfall  concentrated  in  a    zonal  band  called  the  Intertropical  convergence  Zone  (ITCZ).  A  strong  meridional  gradient  of  sea  surface  temperature  (SST)  is  defined  by  the  equatorial  cold  tongue  and  warmer  SST  to  the  north,  around  the  typical  latitudes  of  the  observed  ITCZ.  Through  sensible  heating,  the    SST  imparts  its  structure  onto  the  overlying  atmospheric  planetary  boundary  layer  temperature,  creating  a  low-level  meridional  pressure  gradient.  Through  Ekman  balance,  this  gradient  drives  low-level  convergence  towards  the  highest  SST  values,  where  the  gradient  changes  sign.  Simultaneously,  diabatic  heating  over  the  largest  SST  values  also  influences  upward  motion,  leading  to  a  kind  of  chicken-and-egg  question:  Is  it  the  SST  that  sets  that  low-level  winds,  which  then  drive  the  vertical  motion  and  convection  where  they  convergence,  or  inversely,  is  it  the  diabatic  heating  in  moist  convection  which  drives  the  vertical  motion,  and  then  sets  the  low-level  flow  through  mass  conservation.  On  the  scale  of  days  or  weeks,  there  is  very  little  variation  in  the  underlying  SST  gradient,  but  observations  demonstrate  rapidly  evolving  convection  along  the  ITCZ.  This  thesis  analyzes  the  sources  of  boundary  layer  geopotential  and  wind  perturbations  that  contribute  to  setting  low-level  convergence  and  thus  convection.Chapter  1  is  an  introduction  to  the  theories  of  tropical  convection  and  its  interactions  with  the  large-scale  motions  in  the  eastern  Pacific.  It  also  provides  an  overview  of  Convectively  Coupled  Equatorial  Waves  (CCEWs),  which  will  be  discussed  later  as  influences  on  the  boundary  layer.  Chapter  2  applies  a  Mixed-Layer  Model  (MLM)  to  understand  the  role  that  the  SST  gradient  and  its  corresponding  low-level  pressure  gradient  play  in  forcing  boundary  layer  wind  and  convergence.  The  MLM  results  demonstrate  that  the  SST  gradient  plays  a  substantial  roll  in  setting  the  bulk  boundary  layer  winds  from  OTREC  observations.Chapter  3  focuses  on  how  the  planetary  boundary  layer  mass  field  co-varies  with  precipitation  and  examines  the  relative  contributions  on  the  low-level  dynamics  from  a  component  related  to  SST  and  another  related  to  free-tropospheric  dynamics.  This  study  finds  that  on  subseasonal  timescales,  variance  in  precipitation  is  strongly  associated  with  variance  in  the  low-level  dynamics  that  is  driven  by  the  free  troposphere.  This  result  suggests  that,  under  the  viewpoint  that  the  boundary  layer  dynamics  forces  convection,  synoptic-scale  variability  in  rainfall  is  primarily  associated  with  perturbations  to  the  low-level  dynamics  driven  by  free  tropospheric  transients.  Finally,  Chapter  4  covers  research  performed  as  a  follow-up  to  Chapter  3,  which  studies  the  relative  impact  of  different  kinds  of  CCEWs  on  boundary  layer  dynamics  along  the  ITCZ  in  the  eastern  Pacific.  Through  studying  the  evolution  of  Kelvin  and  Easterly  waves  in  the  eastern  Pacific,  the  authors  find  that  these  waves  act  on  boundary  layer  dynamics  to  enhance  convection  by  amplifying  vertical  velocity  modes  observed  in  the  region.The  span  of  the  research  presented  in  this  thesis  can  be  summarized  by  a  pursuit  of  understanding  the  factors  that  drive  rainfall  in  the  eastern  Pacific  on  synoptic  scales.  On  longer  timescales,  the  meridional  low-level  pressure  gradient  created  by  SST  is  important  in  driving  boundary  layer  winds;  on  shorter  timescales,  variance  in  low-level  dynamics  is  heavily  influenced  by  free-tropospheric  transient  (such  as  CCEWs)  in  similar  manners,  such  that  they  that  drive  a  moistening  in  the  lower  atmosphere,  followed  by  deep  vertical  ascents  and  precipitation.
■590    ▼aSchool  code:  0054.
■650  4▼aAtmospheric  sciences
■650  4▼aClimate  change
■650  4▼aMeteorology
■653    ▼aConvection
■653    ▼aConvectively  coupled  equatorial  waves
■653    ▼aDynamics
■653    ▼aRainfall
■653    ▼aTropics
■690    ▼a0725
■690    ▼a0404
■690    ▼a0557
■71020▼aColumbia  University▼bApplied  Mathematics.
■7730  ▼tDissertations  Abstracts  International▼g86-12B.
■790    ▼a0054
■791    ▼aPh.D.
■792    ▼a2025
■793    ▼aEnglish
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17357937▼nKERIS▼z이  자료의  원문은  한국교육학술정보원에서  제공합니다.

Preview

Export

ChatGPT Discussion

AI Recommended Related Books


    New Books MORE
    Statistics for the past 3 years. Go to brief

    ค้นหาข้อมูลรายละเอียด

    • จองห้องพัก
    • ไม่อยู่
    • โฟลเดอร์ของฉัน
    • ขอดูแรก
    • Non-Book Loan Application
    • Nighttime Book Loan Application
    วัสดุ
    Reg No. Call No. ตำแหน่งที่ตั้ง สถานะ ยืมข้อมูล
    TF17110 전자도서 대출가능 My Folder 부재도서신고 비도서대출신청 야간 도서대출신청

    * จองมีอยู่ในหนังสือยืม เพื่อให้การสำรองที่นั่งคลิกที่ปุ่มจองห้องพัก

    Books borrowed together with this book

    Related Popular Books

    Available after logging in.