Simulating convectively coupled Kelvin waves using Lagrangian overturning for a convective parametrization

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 651, 2010, Pages 1598-1613

  Haertel, Patrick T ^a   Straub, Katherine H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric convection; Equatorial wave; Lagrangian numerical method

Indexed keywords

AIR PARCELS; AQUAPLANET MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION; EQUATORIAL WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; LAGRANGIAN NUMERICAL METHOD; MOISTURE PROFILES; OCEAN MODEL; PARAMETRIZATIONS; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE FLUX; UNSTABLE REGIONS; VERTICAL POSITIONS; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVES; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OVERTURN; PARAMETERIZATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77954358075     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.666     Document Type: Article

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