Reply to “Comments on ‘Preconditioning Deep Convection with Cumulus Congestus’”

Cathy Hohenegger Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

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Abstract

In his comment, D. M. Schultz asked for clarification concerning (i) the validity of the results of C. Hohenegger and B. Stevens for the development of convection over the midlatitudes and (ii) the exact meaning and computation of the term “moisture convergence.” This reply aims at clarifying these two aspects.

Corresponding author address: Cathy Hohenegger, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail: cathy.hohenegger@zmaw.de

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-12-089.1.

Abstract

In his comment, D. M. Schultz asked for clarification concerning (i) the validity of the results of C. Hohenegger and B. Stevens for the development of convection over the midlatitudes and (ii) the exact meaning and computation of the term “moisture convergence.” This reply aims at clarifying these two aspects.

Corresponding author address: Cathy Hohenegger, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail: cathy.hohenegger@zmaw.de

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-12-089.1.

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