Supercluster: A hierarchy of
convective organization
The Second
THORPEX International Science Symposium (STISS) convened in
Landshut, Germany during December 4-8 2006 addressed observational,
computational, and theoretical aspects of tropical convection and its
2-way interaction with the extratropics.
Mesoscale - Supercloster
Interaction (Moncrieff 2004)
Over 200 participants from 5
continents and 32 countries delivered oral and poster presentations,
including Mitch Moncrieff , Chris Davis , and Rebecca Morss from MMM. The
emergence of organized tropical convection as a leading science
objective of THORPEX was a highlight of the symposium that embraced
the four components (predictability and dynamical processes, observing
systems, data assimilation, observing strategies, and societal and
economic research and applications) of the THORPEX International
Science Plan.
Global effects of organized tropical
convection J. Lin et al (2006)
THORPEX is a subprogram of the World Weather Research
Programme of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). An effort is
underway to make tropical convection a collaborative activity between
THORPEX and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), which is
appropriate considering that many uncertainties in climate models stem
from tropical convection and its global effects. Mitch Moncrieff is
lead author of a position paper, "Organised Tropical Convection and
Multi-scale Interaction with the Global Circulation: A THORPEX and
WCRP Collaborative Research Opportunity", which summarizes recent
progress in this area and sets the scene for an NCAR contribution to
the US THORPEX Science Plan.
M3MC Meeting Minutes
