The role of radiation in influencing tropical cloud distributions in a radiative-convective equilibrium cloud-resolving model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-76

  Pakula, Lyle ^a,b   Stephens, Graeme L ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; CLOUD STRUCTURES; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELS; DEEP CONVECTIONS; DEEP LAYERS; INVERSION LAYERS; LOW LEVELS; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUMS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SHALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS; STABLE LAYERS; STATIC STABILITIES; TROPICAL CLOUDS; TROPICAL CONVECTIONS;

CLOUDS; COOLING; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOISTURE; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CUMULUS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 65549155388     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2738.1     Document Type: Article

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