On the seemingly incompatible parcel and globally integrated views of the energetics of triggered atmospheric deep convection over land

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3223-3243

  Tailleux, Remi ^a,b   Grandpeix, J Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Convective available potential energy; Convective inhibition energy; Energy cycle; Multiple reference states

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STABILITY;

CONVECTION INHIBITION (CIN); CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); COST FUNCTIONS; MOST AVAILABLE ENERGY (MAE);

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; CUMULUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGETICS;

EID: 13844292718     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.140     Document Type: Article

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