The response time of a convective cloud ensemble to a change in forcing

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 598 PART A, 2004, Pages 933-944

  Cohen, Brenda G ^a   Craig, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Cumulus parametrization; Quasi equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FORCE CONTROL; GRAVITY WAVES; TROPOSPHERE;

INITIAL FORCING; MASS-FLUX; ROBUSTNESS; WAVE SPEED;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 2142757324     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.218     Document Type: Article

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