Layer inflow into precipitating convection over the western tropical Pacific

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 584, 2002, Pages 1997-2030

  Mechem, David B ^a   Houze, Robert A ^a   Chen, Shuyi S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale convective systems; Thermodynamics; Warm pool

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; INFLOW; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036630184     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/003590002320603502     Document Type: Article

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