The role of stability and moisture in the diurnal cycle of convection over land

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3105-3117

  Chaboureau, J P ^a,b,c   Guichard, F ^a   Redelsperger, J L ^a   Lafore, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Convective inhibition; Saturation deficit

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STABILITY; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE INHIBITION (CIN); DEEP CONVECTION; NORMALIZED SATURATION DEFICIT (NSD); PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS (PBL);

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HEATING; MOISTURE; SATURATION;

EID: 13844275223     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.132     Document Type: Article

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