A sensitivity study of radiative-convective equilibrium in the tropics with a convection-resolving model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3385-3399

  Xu, Kuan Man ^a   Randall, David A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD ENSEMBLE MODEL (CEM); CONVECTION-RESOLVING MODEL; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MARSHALL ISLANDS;

EID: 0033208554     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3385:assorc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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