title: Coarse-grained stochastic models for tropical convection and climate.
abstract: Prototype coarse-grained stochastic parametrizations for the interaction with unresolved features of tropical convection are developed here. These coarse-grained stochastic parametrizations involve systematically derived birth/death processes with low computational overhead that allow for direct interaction of the coarse-grained dynamical variables with the smaller-scale unresolved fluctuations. It is established here for an idealized prototype climate scenario that, in suitable regimes, these coarse-grained stochastic parametrizations can significantly impact the climatology as well as strongly increase the wave fluctuations about an idealized climatology.
authors.affiliation: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA.
authors.forename: Boualem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khouider
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Majda
authors.forename: Markos A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Katsoulakis