Sensitivity of convective and stratiform rainfall to sea surface temperature

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-219

  Zhou, Yushu ^a   Li, Xiaofan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysical processes; Diurnal variation; Sea surface temperature (SST); Surface rainfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; DEWATERING; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER VAPOR;

CLEAR SKIES; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELS; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; CONVECTIVE RAINS; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRYING RATES; LATERAL BOUNDARIES; MODEL DOMAINS; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM STATE; RAIN RATES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE EVAPORATIONS; TIME INVARIANTS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORTS; ZONAL WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFORM CLOUD; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 60549098784     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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