Sensitivity of tropical west pacific oceanic squall lines to tropospheric wind and moisture profiles

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2351-2373

  Lucas, C ^a   Zipser, E J ^a   Ferrier, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

GODDARD CUMULUS ENSEMBLE MODEL; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; OCEANIC SQUALL LINES;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; KINEMATICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SQUALL LINE; THERMODYNAMICS; TOGA-COARE; TROPOSPHERE;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034253434     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2351:SOTWPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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