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In the previous chapter, we examined the vertical structure of the atmosphere based on the balance between energy transports due to radiation and convection. If convective motion is described by the mixing length theory, the effect of convection is almost equivalent to adjusting the temperature profile to an adiabatic profile. As for a moist atmosphere, convective motion has asymmetry between upward motion and downward motion because latent heat release is associated with upward motion. Since such asymmetry is generally not taken into account for the mixing length theory, we must reconsider the effect of moist convection on the temperature profile in a moist atmosphere. This leads to the construction of a cumulus model that is based on the characteristic motion of moist convection in nature (i.e., cumulus convection).
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Satoh, M. (2014). Moist convection. In: Atmospheric Circulation Dynamics and General Circulation Models. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13574-3_15
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