A numerical study of a mesoscale convective system during TOGA COARE. Part II: Organization

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1000-1017

  Nagarajan, Badrinath ^a   Yau, M K ^a   Zhang, Da Lin ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; VORTEX FLOW;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS (MCS);

HEAT CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; TOGA-COARE; VORTICITY;

EID: 16544373968     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1000:ANSOAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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