The effective static stability experienced by eddies in a moist atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-90

  O'Gorman, Paul A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Eddies; Latent heat; Stability; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EDDY; DYNAMICAL THEORY; EDDIES; EXTRATROPICAL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELLS; HIGH LATITUDES; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MOIST ATMOSPHERE; NON-LINEARITY; PARAMETER MEASURING; REANALYSIS; STATIC STABILITY; UPWARD MOTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDDY; HADLEY CELL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79251484984     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3537.1     Document Type: Article

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