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Page 1: Introduction - University of Reading · Introduction . Methods and Tools ... Mesoscale Convective Systems . ETC Moisture Processes Latent heat release in composite warm conveyor belt

Introduction

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Methods and Tools

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Senior Staff

Sue Gray • Conditional symmetric

instability • Polar lows and tropical cyclones • Pollution transport • Synoptic and convective-scale

predictability

Bob Plant • Convection -large-scale

dynamics interaction • Convective-scale forecasting • Stochastic aspects of

convection • Parameterization of convection

Helen Dacre •Development mechanisms

of Extratropical cyclones (Extratropical Cyclone Atlas) • Secondary cyclone dynamics • Pollution transport • Volcanic ash dispersion

Peter Clark •Deep convection and ‘Grey-Zone’

parameterization / COPS • Atmospheric modelling • Extratropical cyclone structure and

sting-jet dynamics. •Urban-area mesoscale meteorology

Jeffrey Chagnon •Gravity and acoustic waves • Adjustment and balance • Stratosphere/troposphere

exchange

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Diabatic processes (DIAMET)

Latent heat release in the warm conveyor belt

Diabatic PV distribution in an evolving synoptic-scale wave (Chagnon, Gray and Methven 2012)

Sting jets in models and observations

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Mesoscale Convective Systems

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ETC Moisture Processes

Latent heat release in composite warm conveyor belt

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ETC Moisture Processes

DJF boundary layer venting

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Conditional Symmetric Instability

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Sting Jet Windstorms

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Stationary convective systems

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Orographic Rainbands

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Summary