Thermodynamical impact and internal structure of a tropical convective cloud system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 544, 1997, Pages 2297-2324

  Guichard, F ^a   Lafore, J P ^a   Redelsperger, J L ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving model; Convection; Thermodynamical impact

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD; CLOUDS; CONVECTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0031422536     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712354408     Document Type: Article

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