Modeling studies of turbulence mechanisms associated with mesoscale convective systems

High-resolution numerical simulations have aided recent understanding of mechanisms responsible for convectively induced aviation turbulence (CIT) spatially removed from its parent moist convection. Anticyclonic jets occurring near the tropopause, which are often significantly enhanced by mesoscale convective systems or other forms of organized convection, influence a variety of different mechanisms of turbulence at commercial aviation cruising altitudes. Herein, we describe different CIT mechanisms that are possible near these anticyclonic outflow jets and illustrate them with examples from recent simulations.