Momentum transport processes in the stratiform regions of mesoscale convective systems over the western Pacific warm pool

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 616, 2006, Pages 709-736

  Mechem, David B ^a   Chen, Shuyi S ^b   Houze Jr , Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Madden Julian Oscillation; Organized convection; Up scale feedback

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORT PROCESSES; ORGANIZED CONVECTION; STRATIFORM REGIONS; UP-SCALE FEEDBACK;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; STRATIFORM CLOUD; WARM POOL;

EID: 33745010419     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.141     Document Type: Article

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