Convective and stratiform rainfall and heating associated with the summer monsoon over the South China Sea based on TRMM data

Li, W.; Wang, D.; Lei, Ting; Wang, H.

doi:10.1007/s00704-007-0372-7

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“…Several studies have pointed out a well-established connection between the South China Sea (SCS) region with the circulation and convection in the entire Asian monsoon region (Yasunari 1979;Webster et al 1998;Fukutomi and Yasunari 1999;Annamalai and Slingo 2001;Hoyos and Webster 2007). In addition, the seasonal march of the SCS monsoon has been well documented by LH and rainfall products from TRMM (Li et al 2009). Figure 10a shows the evolution of vertical LH profiles during the SCSMEX campaign from 5 May to 22 June 1998 using a moisture budget analysis from Johnson and Ciesielski (2002).…”

Section: South China Sea Monsoon Experimentmentioning

confidence: 96%

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Latent Heating in the South Asian Monsoon Region

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Information from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) level 3 monthly 0.58 3 0.58 Convective and Stratiform Heating (CSH) product and TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) 2A12 datasets is used to examine the four-dimensional latent heating (LH) structure over the Asian monsoon region between 1998 and 2006. High sea surface temperatures, ocean-land contrasts, and complex terrain produce large precipitation and atmospheric heating rates whose spatial and temporal characteristics are relatively undocumented. Analyses show interannual and intraseasonal LH variations with a large fraction of the interannual variability induced by internal intraseasonal variability. Also, the analyses identify a spatial dipole of LH anomalies between the equatorial Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal regions occurring during the summer active and suppressed phases of the monsoon intraseasonal oscillation. Comparisons made between the TRMM CSH and TMI 2A12 datasets indicate differences in the shape of the vertical profile of LH. A comparison of TRMM LH retrievals with sounding budget observations made during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment shows a high correspondence in the timing of positive LH episodes during the rainy periods. Negative values of atmospheric heating, associated with radiative cooling and with upper-tropospheric cooling from nonsurfaceprecipitating clouds, are not captured by either of the TRMM datasets. In summary, LH algorithms based on satellite information are capable of representing the spatial and temporal characteristics of the vertically integrated heating in the Asian monsoon region. However, the vertical distribution of atmospheric heating is not captured accurately throughout different convective phases. It is suggested that satellite-derived radiative heating/cooling products are needed to supplement the LH products in order to give a better overall depiction of atmospheric heating.

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Section: South China Sea Monsoon Experimentmentioning

confidence: 96%

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Latent Heating in the South Asian Monsoon Region

2010

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“…This led to major changes in the LH field and the circulation response to the LH was stronger than the other years. Li et al [98] and Wang and Huang [99] investigated the variation of the LH associated with the summer and the winter monsoon over the South China Sea (SCS). They found that the interannual variation of the LH over the SCS depended on El Nino or La Nina conditions, and the LH over the SCS was much smaller during El Nino years than during La Nina years.…”

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Studies of General Precipitation Features with TRMM PR Data: An Extensive Overview

Wang

Chen

et al. 2019

Remote Sensing

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The Precipitation Radar (PR), the first space-borne precipitation radar onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, could observe three-dimensional precipitation in global tropical regions and acquire continuous rainfall information with moderate temporal and high spatial resolutions. TRMM PR had carried out 17 years of observations and ended collecting data in April, 2015. So far, comprehensive and abundant research results related to the application of PR data have been analyzed in the current literature, but overall precipitation features are not yet identified, a gap that this review intends to fill. Studies on comparisons with ground-based radars and rain gauges are first introduced to summarize the reliability of PR observations or estimates. Then, this paper focuses on general precipitation features abstracted from about 130 studies, from 2000 to 2018, regarding lightning analysis, latent heat retrieval, and rainfall observation by PR data. Finally, we describe the existing problems and limitations as well as the future prospects of the space-borne precipitation radar data.

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Microphysical Characteristics of Precipitation during Pre-monsoon, Monsoon, and Post-monsoon Periods over the South China Sea

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Convective and stratiform rainfall and heating associated with the summer monsoon over the South China Sea based on TRMM data

Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Latent Heating in the South Asian Monsoon Region

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Latent Heating in the South Asian Monsoon Region

Studies of General Precipitation Features with TRMM PR Data: An Extensive Overview

Microphysical Characteristics of Precipitation during Pre-monsoon, Monsoon, and Post-monsoon Periods over the South China Sea

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