Effects of sea surface temperature and large-scale dynamics on the thermodynamic equilibrium state and convection over the tropical western Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6093-6100

  Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

(TROPICAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033608688     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200116     Document Type: Article

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