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Numerical study of two-dimensional moist symmetric instability
ISAC-CNR, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Abstract. The 2-D version of the non-hydrostatic fully compressible model MOLOCH developed at ISAC-CNR was used in idealized set-up to study the start-up and finite amplitude evolution of symmetric instability. The unstable basic state was designed by numerical integration of the equation which defines saturated equivalent potential vorticity qe*. We present the structure and growth rates of the linear modes both for a supersaturated initial state ("super"-linear mode) and for a saturated one ("pseudo"-linear mode) and the modifications induced on the base state by their finite amplitude evolution.
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Citation: Fantini, M. and Malguzzi, P.: Numerical study of two-dimensional moist symmetric instability, Adv. Geosci., 17, 1-4, doi:10.5194/adgeo-17-1-2008, 2008. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
