Abstract
Abstract Rawinsonde data from the Australian Monsoon Experiment are analyzed to determine the manner in which the atmospheric stratification of density and moisture respond to large amounts of convective latent heat release. The study focuses on time series of data from a ship located at the northern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria during active and break periods of the monsoon. Variations in lapse rate or vertical stratification through the depth of the troposphere are found to occur mainly between active and break periods, rather than on a day-to-day basis. This is interpreted as being due to midtropospheric temperature being adjusted by dynamical processes over large scales rather than in situ response to localized convection. Between active and break periods large changes occurred in midtropospheric moisture. Variations in convective activity are well related to variations in lower and middle tropospheric moisture content. The break coincided with a drying due to large-scale horizontal advection. Conve...
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