Dynamical response of the South Asian monsoon trough to latent heating from stratiform and convective precipitation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1347-1363

  Choudhury, Ayantika Dey ^a   Krishnan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; General circulation models; Latent heating cooling; Mesoscale systems; Monsoons

Indexed keywords

ASIA; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LATENT HEATING/COOLING; MESOSCALE SYSTEMS; MONSOONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; HEATING; OCEAN CURRENTS; VORTICITY;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CONVERGENCE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

GANGETIC PLAIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 79959661698     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3705.1     Document Type: Article

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