The heat budget of a midlatitude squall line and implications for potential vorticity production

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1217-1240

  Braun, Scott A ^a,b   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIABATIC HEATING; HEAT BUDGET; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0030453106     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1217:THBOAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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