On the relationship between the QBO and tropical deep convection

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2552-2568

  Collimore, Christopher C ^a   Martin, David W ^a   Hitchman, Matthew H ^a   Huesmann, Amihan ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

HIGHLY REFLECTIVE CLOUDS (HRC);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTION; MODELING; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0141682930     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2552:OTRBTQ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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