Atmospheric convergence zones stemming from large-scale mixing

Perez, Gabriel M. P.; Vidale, Pier Luigi; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Martin, Thomas C. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-475-2021

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-475-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-475-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

Research article

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09 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 09 Jun 2021

Atmospheric convergence zones stemming from large-scale mixing

Gabriel M. P. Perez, Pier Luigi Vidale, Nicholas P. Klingaman, and Thomas C. M. Martin

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Final revised paper (published on 09 Jun 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 15 Dec 2020)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Anomymous Referee Review: Title: Atmospheric convergence zones stemming from large-scale mixing Author(s): Gabriel M. P. Perez et al. MS No.: wcd-2020-57', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Feb 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Gabriel Martins Palma Perez, 25 Mar 2021
SC1: 'Comment on wcd-2020-57', David Schultz, 05 Mar 2021
- AC3: 'Reply on SC1', Gabriel Martins Palma Perez, 27 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Review on Atmospheric convergence zones stemming from large-scale mixing', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Mar 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Gabriel Martins Palma Perez, 25 Mar 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Gabriel Martins Palma Perez on behalf of the Authors (02 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Apr 2021) by William Roberts

AR by Gabriel Martins Palma Perez on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 May 2021) by William Roberts

Short summary

Much of the rainfall in tropical regions comes from organised cloud bands called convergence zones (CZs). These bands have hundreds of kilometers. In South America (SA), they cause intense rain for long periods of time. To study these systems, we need to define and identify them with computer code. We propose a definition of CZs based on the the pathways of air, selecting regions where air masses originated in separated regions meet. This method identifies important mechanisms of rain in SA.