Heating, moistening, and rainfall over the western Pacific warm pool during TOGA COARE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3367-3383

  Lin, Xin ^a   Johnson, Richard H ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; TOGA COARE; WARM POOL; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0030441492     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3367:HMAROT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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