Organized convective systems in the tropical western Pacific as a process in general circulation models: A TOGA COARE case-study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 540, 1997, Pages 805-827

  Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a   Klinker, Ernst ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesoscale convective system; Momentum flux; Parametrization; Supercluster; Westerly wind burst

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; WIND;

CLOUDS; CONVECTION; GCM; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SUPERCLUSTERS; TOGA COARE; WESTERLIES; WIND BURST;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST);

EID: 0030828613     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54001     Document Type: Article

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