Impacts of convective lifetime on moist geostrophic adjustment

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2960-2971

  Dias, Juliana ^a   Pauluis, Olivier ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Moisture

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC APPROXIMATION; BAROCLINIC MODE; CONVECTION; FINAL STATE; GEOSTROPHIC ADJUSTMENT; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INFINITE CHANNELS; INITIAL IMBALANCE; MOIST CONVECTION; SHALLOW WATERS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

MOISTURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77958558937     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3405.1     Document Type: Article

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