Hydrodynamics of the Caribbean low-level jet and its relationship to precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1477-1494

  Cook, Kerry H ^a   Vizy, Edward K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIURNAL CYCLE; FIRST ORDER; GEOPOTENTIAL GRADIENTS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GULF OF MEXICO; JET VELOCITIES; LAND-SEA BREEZE; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LOUISIANA; LOW LEVEL JET; ME-XICO; MERIDIONAL FLOWS; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH COAST; RAINFALL VARIATION; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DROUGHT; HEATING; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

RAIN;

DROUGHT; EASTERLY WAVE; GEOPOTENTIAL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; JET; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; GREAT PLAINS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953672297     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3210.1     Document Type: Article

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