Abstract
The vertical distributions of condensation, evaporation, freezing, and melting were considered in tropical and extratropical thunderstorms. Both clouds produced a net heating of the troposphere. The vertical distribution of the heating functions, however, differed in the two clouds. The dry environment of the extratropical cloud resulted in more evaporation in the lower levels, which tended to compensate for the condensation there. The result was a high-level heating maximum. The tropical thunderstorm, on the other hand, released a much larger fraction of the total heat in the low and middle troposphere. Therefore, the extratropical cloud produced a greater stabilization of the atmosphere than did the tropical cloud. -from Authors
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 313-357 |
| Number of pages | 45 |
| Journal | Unknown Journal |
| State | Published - 1992 |