Convective inhibition, subgrid-scale triggering energy, and stratiform instability in a toy tropical wave model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1515-1535

  Mapes, Brian E ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; TOY TROPICAL WAVE MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; INSTABILITY; STRATIFORM CLOUD; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034193907     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1515:CISSTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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