Simple multicloud models for the diurnal cycle of tropical precipitation. Part II: The continental regime

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2192-2207

  Frenkel, Yevgeniy ^a   Khouider, Boualem ^b   Majda, Andrew J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud parameterizations; Clouds; Convection; Diurnal effects; Precipitation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MIXING; BAROCLINIC MODE; BOWEN RATIO; CLOUD TYPES; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL EFFECTS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HEAT SURFACE; MOISTURE LEVEL; PARAMETER REGIMES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PERIODIC SOLUTION; PHASE 1; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SENSIBLE HEAT; SENSITIVITY TESTS; STRONG INVERSION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDS; DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; BOUNDARY LAYER; BOWEN RATIO; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENTRAINMENT; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 81555213082     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3600.1     Document Type: Article

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