Shallow and deep latent heating modes over tropical oceans observed with TRMM PR spectral latent heating data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2030-2046

  Takayabu, Yukari N ^a   Shige, Shoichi ^b,d   Tao, Wei Kuo ^c   Hirota, Nagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP CONVECTION; DOMINANT MODE; DRY AIR; HEAT SOURCES; HEATING MODE; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; NONDRIZZLE PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADIATIVE HEATING; RAINFALL SYSTEMS; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL LANDS; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; CLOUDS; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SUBSIDENCE; TROPICS;

RAIN GAGES;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CUMULUS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953722044     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3110.1     Document Type: Article

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