The impact of soil moisture inhomogeneities on the modification of a mesoscale convective system: An idealised model study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 354-372

  Adler, Bianca ^a   Kalthoff, Norbert ^a   Gantner, Leonhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Convection initiation; Convective inhibition; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; AFRICAN MONSOON; CONVECTION INITIATION; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; COSMO MODEL; DRY BAND; HOMOGENEOUS SOIL; INHOMOGENEITIES; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MODEL STUDY; SATURATION DEFICIT; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; TEXTURES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM; MONSOON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79957956350     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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