Thermodynamic characteristics of air flowing into and out of precipitating convection over the west Pacific warm pool

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 556, 1999, Pages 1209-1229

  Kingsmill, David E ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; TOGA COARE; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032807586     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1999.49712555606     Document Type: Article

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