Sources and sinks of available potential energy in a moist atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2627-2641

  Pauluis, Olivier ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENTROPY; KINETIC ENERGY; WATER VAPOR;

AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE ENERGY FLUX; TOTAL STATIC ENERGY;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENTROPY; KINETIC ENERGY; METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURFACE ENERGY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34547725599     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3937.1     Document Type: Article

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