Moisture transport in midlatitude cyclones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 655, 2011, Pages 360-373

  Boutle, I A ^a   Belcher, S E ^a   Plant, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer ventilation; Convection; Warm conveyor belts; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURES; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; BOUNDARY-LAYER VENTILATION; CONVECTION; CONVEYOR BELTS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; LAYER PARAMETERS; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SCALE PARAMETER; SHALLOW CONVECTION; SHALLOW CUMULUS CONVECTION; WATER CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; BELT CONVEYORS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MOISTURE; STORMS;

VENTILATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CYCLONE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE FLUX; MOISTURE TRANSFER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; VENTILATION;

EID: 79952492325     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.783     Document Type: Article

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