A 17 year climatology of the macrophysical properties  of convection in Darwin

Jackson, Robert C.; Collis, Scott M.; Louf, Valentin; Protat, Alain; Majewski, Leon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17687-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17687-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17687-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 23

Research article

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13 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 13 Dec 2018

A 17 year climatology of the macrophysical properties of convection in Darwin

Robert C. Jackson, Scott M. Collis, Valentin Louf, Alain Protat, and Leon Majewski

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RC1: 'Initial Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #1', Robert Jackson, 21 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #2', Robert Jackson, 21 Sep 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Robert Jackson on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 Sep 2018) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Robert Jackson on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Oct 2018) by Geraint Vaughan

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Nov 2018) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Robert Jackson on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Nov 2018) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Robert Jackson on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2018)

Short summary

This paper looks at a 17 year database of echo top heights of thunderstorms in Darwin retrieved by CPOL. We find that the echo top heights are generally bimodal, corresponding to cumulus congestus and deep convection, and show a greater bimodality during an inactive MJO. Furthermore, we find that convective cell areas are larger in break conditions compared to monsoon conditions, but only during MJO-inactive conditions.