Analytic representation of the large-scale organization of tropical convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1521-1538

  Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORT; SUPERROTATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 3943097454     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1521:AROTLO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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