A modeling study of moist and dynamic vorticity vectors associated with two-dimensional tropical convection

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Gao, Shouting ^a   Cui, Xiaopeng ^a   Zhou, Yushu ^a   Li, Xiaofan ^b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVECTION; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; VORTICITY;

EID: 27144494666     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005675     Document Type: Article

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