Equilibrium states simulated by cloud-resolving models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3128-3139

  Tao, Wie Kou ^a   Simpson, J ^a   Sui, C H ^a   Shie, C L ^a,b   Zhou, B ^a,c   Lau, K M ^a   Moncrieff, M ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WIND;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS; ENERGY CYCLES; LARGE SCALE VERTICAL VELOCITY; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM STATE; TROPICAL WATER;

CLOUDS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EQUILIBRIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033375479     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3128:ESSBCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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