Lateral mixing as a source of subtropical water vapor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Pierrehumbert, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIXING; TROPICS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DRYING; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

EXTRATROPICS; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; LATERAL MIXING; MASS MIXING RATIO; MIXING RATIOS; MOISTENED AIR; SUBTROPICAL WATER; WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION;

WATER VAPOR; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

LAGRANGIAN MODELS; SUBTROPICAL WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0031646850     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03563     Document Type: Article

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