How do atmosphere and land surface influence seasonal changes of convection in the tropical Amazon?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1306-1321

  Fu, Rong ^a   Zhu, Bin ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICS;

CONVECTIVE INHIBITION ENERGY; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; LAND SURFACE; SEASONALITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WET SEASON;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032860993     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1306:HDAALS<2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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