Time-scales of adjustment to radiative-convective equilibrium in the tropical atmosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 552, 1998, Pages 2693-2713

  Tompkins, Adrian M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving model; Convection; Radiation; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLOUD; EQUILIBRIUM; MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032455784     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712455208     Document Type: Article

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