Moist convective instability over the Arabian Sea during the Asian summer monsoon, 2002

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-72

  Murthy, B S ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; ARMEX; Bay of Bengal; CAPE; Convection; Lows; Monsoon 2002

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ARABIAN SEA; ARMEX; BAY OF BENGAL; CAPE; LOWS; MONSOON 2002;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARABIAN SEA; GOA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 33748169827     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135048270500201X     Document Type: Article

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