An ensemble study of wet season convection in southwest Amazonia: Kinematics and implications for diabatic heating

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4692-4707

  Cifelli, Robert ^a   Carey, Lawrence ^b,c   Petersen, Walter A ^d   Rutledge, Steven A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DOPPLER RADAR; HEAT CONVECTION; HEATING; KINEMATICS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

DRY STATIC ENERGY; MELTING LEVELS; THERMAL BUOYANCY; WET SEASON CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; HEATING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WET SEASON;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344334773     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3236.1     Document Type: Article

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