Frictional dissipation in a precipitating atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 989-994

  Pauluis, Olivier ^a   Balaji, V ^a,b   Held, Isaac M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPICS; VELOCITY;

FRICTIONAL DISSIPATION; PRECIPITATING ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

DISSIPATION; FRICTION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0034176113     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0989:FDIAPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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