Figure 1: Time series of tropical mean SST and the SST threshold for convection. Figure 2: The relationship between the SST threshold for convection and upper-tropospheric temperature in global ...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 54, No. 6 (June 2015), pp. 1283-1296 (14 pages) ABSTRACT Global climate and weather models are a key tool for the prediction of future crop ...

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin (YRB-ML) generally enter the Mei-yu season in the period from mid-June to mid-July. During the Mei-yu season, the YRB-ML often experiences heavy ...

The Convective Precipitation Experiment (COPE) documented the dynamical and microphysical evolution of convection in southwestern England for testing and improving quantitative precipitation ...

This study is led by Kefeng Zhu (Nanjing Joint Institute for Atmospheric Sciences) and Prof. Ming Xue (Key Laboratory for Mesoscale Severe Weather and School of Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University ...

A study by the Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has said that summer rainfall is significantly controlled by convection, and ...

Tiny airborne particles known as aerosols, from biomass burning, urban pollution, and industrial emissions, can dramatically alter rainfall, cloud formation, and atmospheric stability. A new study led ...