Waves and instabilities for model tropical convective parameterizations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 896-914

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Shefter, Michael G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TROPICS;

QUASI-EQULIBRIUM (QE) SCHEMES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVE; INSTABILITY; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0035871152     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0896:WAIFMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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