Response of convection to relative sea surface temperature: Cloud-resolving simulations in two and three dimensions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wang, S ^a   Sobel, A H ^a,b  

^a Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; MODEL INTEGRATION; NEAR-SURFACE; PARAMETERIZED; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SELF-SIMILAR; THREE DIMENSIONS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TWO-DIMENSION; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WEAK TEMPERATURE GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BUOYANCY; HUMIDITY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 79959609363     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015347     Document Type: Review

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