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In this chapter, analysis methodologies used in this book are presented. Heat and water vapor budgets are used to examine thermal balance and water vapor source associated with convective development. Ocean mixed-layer thermal and saline budgets are used to study atmospheric effects on ocean mixed layer. Water vapor budget, cloud microphysical budget, and surface rainfall are linked through cloud microphysical processes mainly including net condensation denoted by condensation and depositions minus the evaporation of precipitation ice. Since it is directly responsible for the production of rainfall, rain budget is also discussed. The net condensation and rainfall are associated with the development of the secondary circulations that are denoted by perturbation kinetic energy. Energy budgets including mean and perturbation available potential energy and perturbation kinetic energy are presented in an Eulerian framework and convective available potential energy (CAPE) is introduced in a Lagrangian framework. Finally, rainfall is partitioned into convective and stratiform components, and their separation criteria are discussed.
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Li, X., Gao, S. (2016). Analysis Methodology. In: Cloud-Resolving Modeling of Convective Processes. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26360-1_2
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