Hayashi, Y., and D. G. Golder, 1981: The effects of condensational heating on midlatitude transient waves in their mature stage: Control experiments
with a GFDL general circulation model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 38 (11), 2532-2539.
Abstract: The effects of condensational heating on midlatitude transient waves in
their mature stage are re-examined by comparing moist and dry GFDL spectral
general circulation models, both of which have all ocean surfaces with prescribed
zonally uniform temperature. The zonal mean states of both models are fixed
in time so as to be identical throughout the time integration.The effects
of condensational heating on midlatitude transient waves in their mature
stage are re-examined by comparing moist and dry GFDL spectral general circulation
models, both of which have all ocean surfaces with prescribed zonally uniform
temperature. The zonal mean states of both models are fixed in time so as
to be identical throughout the time integration.
It is found that the transient eddy kinetic energy is significantly enhanced
for all wavenumbers by the effect of latent heat release. This increase
is primarily due to an increase in baroclinic conversion from the zonal
available potential energy and only partly due to the generation of eddy
available potential energy by condensational heating.