Tropical heat/water vapor quasi-equilibrium and cycle as simulated in a 2D cloud-resolving model

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-29

  Gao, Shouting ^a   Ping, Fan ^a   Li, Xiaofan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving model; Quasi equilibrium; Tropical convection; Tropical heat water vapor cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; LATENT HEAT OF CONDENSATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL HEAT/WATER VAPOR CYCLE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVECTION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; TROPICAL REGION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 30044442393     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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