Explicitly simulated tropical convection over idealized warm pools

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Changhai ^a,b   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARM POOL;

EID: 58249088908     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010206     Document Type: Article

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