Assessing the vertical distribution of convective available potential energy

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 3 PART2, 1998, Pages 870-877

  Blanchard, David O ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); LIFTED INDEX (LI);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUOYANCY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; POTENTIAL ENERGY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032172971     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0870:atvdoc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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