The Physics and Parameterization of Moist Atmospheric Convection

(a) Moist Convection.- 1: Overview of atmospheric convection.- 2: Thermodynamics of moist and cloudy air.- 3: The mesocale organization of deep convection.- 4: Trade cumulus: observations and modelling.- 5: Convection in stratocumulus-topped atmospheric boundary layers.- 6: Discrete dry convective entities: I Review.- 7: Discrete dry convective entities: II Thermals and deflected jets.- 8: Entrainment, detrainment and mixing in atmospheric convection.- 9: Momentum transport by organized convection.- (b) Parameterization of Moist Convection.- 10: The Parameterization of deep convection.- 11: The Arakawa-Schubert parameterization.- 12: The mass flux approach to the parameterization of deep convection.- (c) Implications of Convection for the Large-Scale Flow.- 13: Equilibrium vs. activation control of large scale variations of tropical deep convection.- 14: Quasi-equilibrium.- 15: Boundary layer quasi-equilibrium (BLQ).- 16: Mutual adjustment of mass flux and stratification profiles.- 17: Implications of convective quasi-equilibrium for the large scale flow.- 18: The problem of convective moistening.- 19: Sensitivity of General Circulation Model performance to convective parameterization.- (d) Some Observational Considerations.- 20: Critical observations of convection — State of the art and a proposal.