Evolution of the vertical thermodynamic profile during the transition from shallow to deep convection during CuPIDO 2006

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 937-953

  Zehnder, Joseph A ^a   Hu, Jiuxiang ^b   Radzan, Anshuman ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; DEEP CONVECTION; DOPPLER; DRY AIR; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IN-SITU; OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; SHALLOW CONVECTION; STABLE LAYER; SURFACE-BASED; THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; AIRCRAFT; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CUPIDO;

EID: 68249153482     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2829.1     Document Type: Article

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