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AN: A51A-0018    [Abstracts]
TI: Gross Moist Stability in the East Pacific
AU: * Lopez Carrillo, C
EM: clopez@kestrel.nmt.edu
AF: Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
AU: Raymond, D
A51A-0018 AF: Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
AB: In this work, we combine sounding and Doppler radar data to investigate the variability of the gross moist stability in the east pacific. The data were collected during EPIC-2001 (East Pacific Investigation of Climate 2001) by the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown. We have analyzed data taken from September 10 to October 1. During this period, the ship was on station around 95 W, 10 N. An estimate for the gross moist stability is obtained by calculating the vertically integrated moist entropy flux from the data.
DE: 3314 Convective processes
DE: 3322 Land/atmosphere interactions (1218, 1631, 1843)
DE: 3337 Global climate models (1626, 4928)
DE: 3339 Ocean/atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504)
DE: 4504 Air/sea interactions (0312, 3339)
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005