Mechanisms affecting the transition from shallow to deep convection over land: Inferences from observations of the diurnal cycle collected at the ARM Southern Great Plains site

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2943-2959

  Zhang, Yunyan ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convection; Diurnal effects; Land surface; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL EFFECTS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY; HORIZONTAL WINDS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INHOMOGENEITIES; INITIAL STAGE OF PRECIPITATION; LAND SURFACE; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RAIN RATES; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; RAIN; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 77958564382     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3366.1     Document Type: Article

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