The wavelength dependence of the gross moist stability and the scale selection in the instability of column-integrated moist static energy

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-74

  Kuang, Zhiming ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Feedback; Heating; Madden Julian oscillation; Moisture moisture budget; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE HEATING; CUMULUS CONVECTION; CURRENT THEORETICAL MODELS; DIVERGENT FLOW; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MOISTURE/MOISTURE BUDGET; SCALE SELECTION; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

BUDGET CONTROL; HEATING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; STABILITY;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 79251509564     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3591.1     Document Type: Article

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