Regional heat sources and the active and break phases of boreal summer intraseasonal (30-50 day) variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2726-2748

  Annamalai, H ^a   Sperber, K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STORMS;

BOREAL SUMMER INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; CYCLOSTATIONARY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL HEAT SOURCES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HEATING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONALITY;

EID: 26244453305     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3504.1     Document Type: Article

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