A satellite study of the atmospheric forcing and response to moist convection over tropical and subtropical oceans

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-167

  Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convective adjustment; Convective clouds; Satellite observations; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

AQUA SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONTROLLED NOT; CONVECTIVE ADJUSTMENT; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTION; FREE TROPOSPHERE; MOIST CONVECTION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; TEMPORAL SEQUENCES; THERMODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; TROPICAL VARIABILTY; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE;

TROPICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OCEAN; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84855771085     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-016.1     Document Type: Article

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