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Boundary layer quasi-equilibrium (BLQ) is a theory of how moist convection is controlled over the warm tropical oceans. Theories of convective control fall into two categories, those which postulate that convection is controlled by the large scale convergence of moisture, and those which insist that convection is controlled by the production and destruction of convective instability. BLQ falls in the latter category and pays particular attention to the role of the subcloud or boundary layer in determining instability. This presentation is based on work published by Raymond [16] and Emanuel [6].
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Raymond, D.J. (1997). Boundary Layer Quasi-Equilibrium (BLQ). In: Smith, R.K. (eds) The Physics and Parameterization of Moist Atmospheric Convection. NATO ASI Series, vol 505. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8828-7_15
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