Maintenance of the free-tropospheric tropical water vapor distribution. Part I: Clear regime budget

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2903-2918

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030357115     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2903:MOTFTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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