Bi-modal structure and variability of large-scale diabatic heating in the tropics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3621-3640

  Zhang, Chidong ^a   Hagos, Samson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; DIABATIC HEATING; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HEATING PEAK; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LINEAR BALANCED; MODAL STRUCTURES; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; SURFACE WIND FIELDS; TOTAL VARIANCE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

COOLING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEATING; OVERTURN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 77949422454     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3089.1     Document Type: Article

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