Heat and Moisture Budget Analysis with an Improved Form of Moist Thermodynamics

TL;DR

This paper introduces an improved formulation of moist thermodynamics to enhance heat and moisture budget analyses, aiding better understanding of cumulus convection effects on large-scale atmospheric motions.

Contribution

It presents a novel, more accurate form of moist thermodynamics for use in atmospheric heat and moisture budget studies.

Findings

Enhanced accuracy in heat and moisture budget calculations

Better understanding of cumulus convection impacts

Improved thermodynamic models for atmospheric analysis

Abstract

In order to understand the effects of cumulus convection on large-scale atmospheric motions, heat and moisture budget analyses are often performed using data from an array of radiosonde stations. Ever since the pioneering work of Yanai et al. (1973), such budgets have been based on approximate forms of moist thermodynamics. This paper presents an improved form of moist thermodynamics for such budget studies.