Roles of tropospheric and boundary layer forcing in the diurnal cycle of convection in the U.S. Southern Great Plains

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Zhang, Guang J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FORCING; DIURNAL CYCLES;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TROPOSPHERE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642617939     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018554     Document Type: Article

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