Turbocharging Convection: Moisture in the Lower Free troposphere and the Need for Observing Closely Spaced Vertical Profiles In and Near Convection
J David Neelin1, Fiaz Ahmed1, Yi-Hung Kuo1, Todd Emmenegger2, Kathleen A. Schiro3, Joe Turk4 and Ramon Padulles5, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (3)University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)Institute for Space Sciences (ICE - CSIC/IEEC), Barcelona, Spain
