Initiation of daytime local convection in a semi-arid region analysed with high-resolution simulations and AMMA observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 662, 2012, Pages 56-71

  Couvreux, F ^a   Rio, C ^b   Guichard, F ^a   Lothon, M ^b   Canut, G ^b   Bouniol, D ^a   Gounou, A ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Convective initiation; Diurnal cycle; Semi arid conditions; Shallow to deep convection transition; West African monsoon

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE INITIATION; DEEP CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; HUMIDITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84856212077     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.903     Document Type: Article

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