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Indian Ocean Convection Seen by the S-PolKa Radar in DYNAMO

Indian Ocean Convection Seen by the S-PolKa Radar in DYNAMO. R. Houze and D. Hence, S. Brodzik , K. Rasmussen, S.Powell , H. Barnes, B. Dolan, K. Chakravarty , C. Burleyson , Z. Li, S. Ellis, T. Weckwerth , J. Vivekanandan , J. Hubbert , W.-C. Lee.

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Indian Ocean Convection Seen by the S-PolKa Radar in DYNAMO

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  1. Indian Ocean Convection Seen by the S-PolKa Radar in DYNAMO R. Houze and D. Hence, S. Brodzik, K. Rasmussen, S.Powell, H. Barnes, B. Dolan, K. Chakravarty, C. Burleyson, Z. Li, S. Ellis, T. Weckwerth, J. Vivekanandan, J. Hubbert, W.-C. Lee AMS Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra, FL, 19 April 2012

  2. DYNAMO Radar experiment goal  Characteristics and evolution of the MJO cloud population in the region where the disturbance builds up Addu Atoll

  3. Clouds in the moist layer

  4. Humidity gradient layers and nonprecipitating clouds

  5. Long lines of cumulus

  6. Cold pool examples seen in differential reflectivity (ZDR)

  7. Deep precipitating convection

  8. Rain over area scanned by S-PolKa

  9. Small cumulonimbus small ice large non-melting ice graupel 8 km melting snow 4 km heavy rain

  10. Moderate cumulonimbus Large non-melting ice small ice graupel Hydrometeor type heavyrain meltingice Doppler velocity

  11. Broad stratiform region of a mesoscale system 50 dBZ! graupel 10 km melting snow 5 km

  12. Stratiform Large mesoscale system Convective

  13. Convection feeding into a large MCS in sheared environment

  14. Momentum transport

  15. Biggest MCS of first active phase: weak unidirectional shear

  16. Larger than mesoscale organization

  17. Giant Rings of Convection

  18. Westerly Surges

  19. SUMMARY • Moist layer • Humidity layers • Cumulus lines and cold pools • Deep convection • Microphysics • Anvil clouds of deep convection • Mesoscale systems • Effects of shear • Larger than mesoscale organization

  20. End This research was sponsored by NSF grants AGS-1059611 and DOE grant DE-sc0001164/er-64752.

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