A model for the relationship between tropical precipitation and column water vapor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Muller, Caroline J ^a   Back, Larissa E ^a   O'Gorman, Paul A ^a   Emanuel, Kerry A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; TROPICS;

A-STABILITY; CONTINUOUS PHASE TRANSITIONS; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; TWO LAYER MODEL;

WATER VAPOR;

BOUNDARY LAYER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 71949122478     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039667     Document Type: Article

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