What controls the transition from shallow to deep convection?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1793-1806

  Wu, Chien Ming ^a   Steven, Bjorn ^a   Arakawa, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; CONTROL MECHANISM; DEEP CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; FIELD STUDIES; FREE TROPOSPHERE; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; LAPSE RATE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SHALLOW CLOUDS; TRANSITION TIME; TWO CONTROL PARAMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; NATURAL CONVECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 69849083375     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2945.1     Document Type: Article

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