Observational and theoretical studies of the moist baroclinic atmosphere

Abstract

In this paper, the main scientific conclusions of a national wide project of heavy summer rainstorms are presented. The active role of the moisture in the large scale motion of the atmosphere is stressed when the water vapour is saturated. The concept of moist baroclinity is introduced, and moist baroclinic processes are studied. Theoretical results, i. e., moist solenoid, moist available potential energy, moist jet, moist baroclinic instability, etc. are presented. Some observational and numerically experimental results are also shown.