Interactions between tropical convection and its environment: An energetics analysis of a 2D cloud resolving simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1712-1722

  Li, Xiaofan ^a   Sui, C H ^a   Lau, K M ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

TROPICAL CONVECTIONS;

CLOUDS;

CONVECTION; ENERGETICS; KINETIC ENERGY; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0037095043     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1712:IBTCAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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