Simple multicloud models for the diurnal cycle of tropical precipitation. Part I: Formulation and the case of the tropical oceans

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2169-2190

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

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS; BOWEN RATIO; CYCLIC PHASIS; DEEP CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL EFFECTS; MIDTROPOSPHERE; MOISTURE FLUXES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION LEVEL; RADIATIVE COOLING; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SIMILAR SOLUTION; SINGLE EQUATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

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

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STRATIFORM CLOUD; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 81555213085     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3568.1     Document Type: Article

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