Modeling tropical precipitation in a single column

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 4378-4392

  Sobel, A H ^a   Bretherton, C S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOISTURE; TROPICS; VELOCITY; WIND;

MEAN VERTICAL VELOCITY; QUASIEQUILIBRIUM TROPICAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SINGLE COLUMN;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 0034670348     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<4378:MTPIAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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