Characteristics of heat and moisture budgets of a mesoscale convective system observed during TOGA-COARE

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 548, 1998, Pages 1163-1181

  Nuret, Mathieu ^a   Chong, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Anvil clouds; Heat profiles; Rainfall ratio; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; TOGA-COARE; TROPICS;

EID: 0031680690     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54806     Document Type: Article

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