Numerical Simulation of the Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction over the Western Pacific Warm Pool

western Pacific warm pool;convection;air sea interaction

Bao, Shaowu ; John Morrison, Committee Member,Sethu Raman, Committee Co-Chair,Lian Xie, Committee Co-Chair,Gerald Janowitz, Committee Member,Bao, Shaowu ; John Morrison ; Committee Member ; Sethu Raman ; Committee Co-Chair ; Lian Xie ; Committee Co-Chair ; Gerald Janowitz ; Committee Member

University:North Carolina State University

关键词: western Pacific warm pool;    convection;    air sea interaction;   

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【 摘 要 】

The purpose of the research is to improve our understanding of the air-sea interaction processes over the region of western Pacific warm pool and ultimately improve weather and climate predictions. To achieve this goal, an air-sea coupled numerical model that includes the momentum, heat and freshwater fluxes across the air-sea interface is developed by combining the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) and the Princeton Ocean Model (POM).First, a squall line system observed during the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA/COARE) Intensive Observation Period (IOP) is simulated. The simulation results are in agreement with the observations. Sensitivity experiments reveal that the orientation of the initial perturbation can affect the development of the squall line. Inclusion of ice microphysics and surface fluxes affects the strength and extent of the simulated downdraft-induced low level cold air pool.Then, the ocean's response to precipitation is investigated using the POM model. The results show that the rainfall-induced heat and salinity gradients cause a thin low density, low temperature stable layer near sea surface. The rainfall-induced stable layer near the surface diminishes the downward transfer of the effects of the atmospheric forcing. This causes the effects of the atmospheric forcing to be concentrated accumulate near the sea surface. Because of this rainfall-induced shallow (about 10 m) stable layer, the sea surface responds to atmospheric forcing much faster than it would do without the rainfall-induced stable layer.Finally, the air sea coupled system is used to investigate the ocean's response to an observed squall line precipitation process and the feedback effects of the sea surface temperature (SST) variation on the atmosphere. The results show that the SST feedback effect does not have a significant influence on the local existing atmospheric convection. However, the feedback effects have significant effect on the variation of sensible and latent heat fluxes across the air-sea interface, and hence may significantly affect the overall heat and moisture balance in the tropical coupled atmosphere-ocean system. Thus, parameterization schemes of heat and moisture fluxes in large-scale models need to consider not only air-sea heat fluxes due to temperature differences and evaporation, but also the effects of precipitation.