Role of diurnal warm layers in the diurnal cycle of convection over the tropical Indian Ocean during MISMO

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2426-2433

  Bellenger, H ^a,d   Takayabu, Y N ^a,b   Ushiyama, T ^c   Yoneyama, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Convection; Diurnal effects; Indian Ocean; Madden Julian oscillation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; DIURNAL EFFECTS; INDIAN OCEAN; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77955573364     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3249.1     Document Type: Article

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