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Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1153-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1153-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
Research article
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30 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2024

A simple model linking radiative–convective instability, convective aggregation and large-scale dynamics

Matthew Davison and Peter Haynes

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A simple model is used to study the relation between small-scale convection and large-scale variability in the tropics arising from the coupling between moisture and dynamics. In the model, moisture preferentially lies at either moist or dry states, which merge to form large-scale aggregated regions. On an equatorial β plane, these aggregated regions are localised at the Equator and propagate zonally. This forms an intermediate model between past simpler models and general circulation models.
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