Global climatology of Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) and Convective Inhibition (CIN) in ERA-40 reanalysis

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 534-545

  Riemann Campe, Kathrin ^a,b   Fraedrich, Klaus ^a   Lunkeit, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAPE; CIN; ERA 40; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPE; CIN; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; ERA-40; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GLOBAL CLIMATOLOGY; HIGH VARIABILITY; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL MEAN; SIGN-CHANGE; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMIDITY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349187387     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.037     Document Type: Article

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