Connections between potential vorticity intrusions and convection in the eastern tropical Pacific

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 987-1002

  Funatsu, Beatriz M ^a,b   Waugh, Darryn W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

CONVECTION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 43149105793     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2248.1     Document Type: Article

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