Residual diagnosis of diabatic heating from ERA-40 and NCEP reanalyses: Intercomparisons with TRMM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 414-428

  Chan, Steven C ^a   Nigam, Sumant ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABATIC HEATING; EASTERN PACIFIC; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; HEATING DISTRIBUTIONS; INTER COMPARISONS; MARITIME CONTINENTS; PRECIPITATION RETRIEVALS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER ANALYSIS;

HEATING;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABATIC PROCESS; EQUATION OF STATE; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMODYNAMICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 64049103480     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2417.1     Document Type: Article

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