Combined measurements of 17Oexcess and d-excess in African monsoon precipitation: Implications for evaluating convective parameterizations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 104-112

  Landais, A ^a   Risi, C ^b,c   Bony, S ^b   Vimeux, F ^a,d   Descroix, L ^e   Falourd, S ^a   Bouygues, A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Convection; Reevaporation; Relative humidity; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; ISOTOPES; PARAMETERIZATION; STORMS;

AFRICAN MONSOONS; COMBINED MEASUREMENTS; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTRA-SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; REEVAPORATION; WATER ISOTOPE; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SQUALL LINE; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA;

EID: 77957280867     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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