Moist convection and the thermal stratification of the extratropical troposphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3571-3583

  Schneider, Tapio ^a   O'Gorman, Paul A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LATENT HEAT; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

COLDER CLIMATES; DRY ATMOSPHERES; EXTRATROPICAL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LAPSE RATES; LATENT HEAT TRANSPORTS; MOIST CONVECTIONS; PARAMETERIZED; SIMULATION RESULTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; VARIATIONS OF; WARM CLIMATES; WARMER CLIMATES;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 52049119655     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2652.1     Document Type: Article

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