The convective instability pathway to warm season drought in Texas. Part II: Free-Tropospheric modulation of convective inhibition

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4474-4488

  Myoung, Boksoon ^a,b   Nielsen Gammon, John W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC ANOMALIES; ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CHAIN REACTION; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; DRY SOIL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SUMMER DROUGHTS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE DEWPOINT; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; TWO-PART SERIES; WARM AIR; WARM SEASONS;

DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DEW POINT; DROUGHT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77958092442     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI2947.1     Document Type: Article

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