Diagnosis of subtropical humidity dynamics using tracers of last saturation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3353-3367

  Galewsky, Joseph ^a,b   Sobel, Adam ^a   Held, Isaac ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TROPOSPHERE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); ISENTROPIC TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SATURATION VAPOR PRESSURE; SUBTROPICAL HUMIDITY DYNAMICS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HUMIDITY; MIXING RATIO; SATURATION;

EID: 27744524414     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3533.1     Document Type: Article

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