A statistical analysis of surface turbulent heat flux enhancements due to precipitating clouds observed in the tropical western Pacific

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-457

  Chuda, Takashi ^a   Niino, Hiroshi ^a   Yoneyama, Kunio ^b   Katsumata, Masaki ^b   Ushiyama, Tomoki ^b   Tsukamoto, Osamu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CUMULUS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 49849085268     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.439     Document Type: Article

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