Abstract
Abstract We have constructed a simple, balanced, axisymmetric model as a means of understanding the existence of the threshold amplitude for tropical cyclogenesis discovered by Rotunno and Emanuel. The model is similar to Ooyama's but is phrased in Schubert and Hack's potential radius coordinates. The essential difference between this and other balanced models lies in the representation of convective clouds. In the present model the cumulus updraft mass flux depends simply and directly on the buoyancy (on angular momentum surfaces) of lifted subcloud-layer air and is not explicitly constrained by moisture convergence. The downdraft mass flux is equal to the updraft flux multiplied by (1−ϵ), where ϵ is the precipitation efficiency. The complete spectrum of convective clouds in nature is here represented by two extremes: deep clouds with a precipitation efficiency of one, and shallow, nonprecipitating clouds. The former stabilize the atmosphere both by heating the free atmosphere and drying out the subcloud...
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