Convective systems over the South China Sea: Cloud-resolving model simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2929-2956

  Tao, Wei Kuo ^a   Shie, C L ^a,b   Simpson, J ^a   Braun, S ^a   Johnson, R H ^c   Ciesielski, P E ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RAIN; VAPORS;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); PRECIPITATION RADAR (PR);

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 1642456536     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2929:CSOTSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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