Isotopic composition of water in the tropical tropopause layer in cloud-resolving simulations of an idealized tropical circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Blossey, Peter N ^a   Kuang, Zhiming ^b   Romps, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTOPES; TROPICS;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL SIMULATIONS; CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; CONDENSED PHASE; DEEP CONVECTION; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPOLOGUES; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WALKER CIRCULATION; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRRUS; CLOUD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONALITY; SUBLIMATION; TROPOPAUSE; WALKER CIRCULATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 78650494610     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014554     Document Type: Article

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