A Quasi-Equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model—Formulation *

By D. Neelin, N. Zeng. 2000

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Convectively coupled equatorial waves (2009, result): “SQE also results in CCEW structures comprising only a first baroclinic vertical mode, in contrast to the higher-mode structures in observations, although this can be mitigated by further assumptions in more complex models [Neelin and Zeng, 2000].”
The Transition to Strong Convection (2009, methodology): “This is the equivalent of the convective available potential energy (CAPE) decay equation occurring in the Zhang and McFarlane (1995) parameterization, and has an explicit counterpart in the Betts-Miller parameterization (Neelin and Zeng 2000).”
Critical phenomena in atmospheric precipitation (2006, background): “[16] Although observational tests of this approximate QE state of the tropical troposphere have limited precision, it forms the basis of most convective parameterizations in large scale models[17] and much tropical dynamical theory.[18, 19] Taking large-scale flows into account modifies the process ”
Influence of a stochastic moist convective parameterization on tropical climate variability (2000, background): “Results are evaluated by examining impact on model precipitation statistics such as total precipitation variance, zero precipitation frequency and probability distribution function, as well as impact on model tropical intraseasonal variability.”
The Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation and Balanced Tropical Moisture Waves (2001, methodology): “…convective parameterization, as in the derivation of the Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model (QTCM) developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (Neelin and Yu 1994; Yu and Neelin 1994; Neelin 1997; Neelin and Zeng 2000; Zeng et al. 2000), which we take as our starting point.”
A New Model of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2001, methodology): “This behavior is illustrated by Sobel and Bretherton (2000) in the context of the Neelin-Zeng intermediate general circulation model (Neelin and Zeng, 2000; Zeng, Neelin, and Chou, 2000).”
The Mechanics of Gross Moist Stability (2009, background): “However, since Neelin’s Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model (QTCM; Neelin and Zeng 2000; Zeng et al. 2000) has more freedom in the choice of target relative humidity profile, negative GMS values can in principle occur there.”
The Dynamics of Idealized Convection Schemes and Their Effect on the Zonally Averaged Tropical Circulation (2007, methodology): “This scheme and simplifications thereof are frequently used in simple or intermediate-complexity models (e.g., Neelin and Yu 1994; Yu and Neelin 1994, 1997; Neelin and Zeng 2000; Sobel et al. 2001; Frierson et al. 2004).”
An Energy-Balance Analysis of Deep Convective Self-Aggregation above Uniform SST (2005, background): “…models of large-scale tropical circulation with a single vertical mode of variability, such as the quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model of Neelin and Zeng (2000) and two-layer models such as Neelin and Held (1987), we had anticipated that convectively induced large-scale circulations…”
Convective quasi-equilibrium in midlatitude continental environment and its effect on convective parameterization (2002, background): “In theoretical studies, the quasi-equilibrium assumption has also been used extensively [Emanueal et al., 1994; Neelin, 1997; Yu and Neelin, 1997; Neelin and Zeng, 2000; Zeng et al., 2000] to understand the tropical dynamics and thermodynamics.”
An Idealized Semi-Empirical Framework for Modeling the Madden–Julian Oscillation (2012, methodology): “This could be argued more formally by projection on a set of basis functions, in the meridional (Majda and Khouider 2001) or vertical (e.g., Neelin and Zeng 2000).”
Large Scale Dynamics of Precipitation Fronts in the Tropical Atmosphere: A Novel Relaxation Limit (2004, methodology): “[34] have developed a simplified Quasi-Equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model (QTCM) based on this principle of reduced stability in moist regions.”
Systematic Multiscale Models for the Tropics (2003, background): “Models of this sort arise in the Tropics through Galerkin projection on a dominant vertical baroclinic mode (Gill 1980; Wang and Li 1993; Neelin and Zeng 2000; Majda and Shefter 2001).”
The Nonlinear Interaction of Barotropic and Equatorial Baroclinic Rossby Waves (2003, methodology): “The nonlinear equations for the interaction of barotropic and baroclinic modes in (2.1), (2.2) can be derived in standard fashion (Neelin and Zeng 2000; Majda and Shefter 2001) from a two-vertical-mode Galerkin truncation of the Boussinesq equations with rigid-lid boundary conditions with the…”
A Simple Multicloud Parameterization for Convectively Coupled Tropical Waves. Part I: Linear Analysis (2006, background): “More details of their derivation are found in (Neelin and Zeng 2000; MS01; Frierson et al. 2004).”
Surface Fluxes and Tropical Intraseasonal Variability: a Reassessment (2008, methodology): “Their model incorporates the standard assumptions of first baroclinic mode QE theory, as expressed in the ‘‘quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model’’ (QTCM) formulation (Neelin and Zeng 2000; Zeng et al. 2000), plus a few additional assumptions.”