Testing the fixed anvil temperature hypothesis in a cloud-resolving model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2051-2057

  Kuang, Zhiming ^a,b   Hartmann, Dennis L ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

FIXED ANVIL TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; OZONE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33947355386     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4124.1     Document Type: Article

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