Impact mechanisms of shallow cumulus convection on tropical climate dynamics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2623-2642

  Neggers, Roel A J ^a,b   Neelin, J David ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE MIXING; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CUMULUS; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34250887499     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4079.1     Document Type: Article

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