On the relationship between tropical convection and sea surface temperature

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 633-637

  Tompkins, A M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WATER;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WATER VAPORS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035284311     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<0633:OTRBTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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