The convective cold top and quasi equilibrium

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1467-1487

  Holloway, Christopher E ^a   Neelin, J David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; RADIOSONDES; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE COLD TOP; CONVECTIVE QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM HYPOTHESIS; FREE-TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; RADIOSONDES; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PERTURBATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34250023749     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3907.1     Document Type: Article

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