Effect of an extratropical mesoscale convective system on water vapor transport in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere: A modeling study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Le, Thien V ^a   Gallus, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLOUDS; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; EXTRATROPICAL; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MICROPHYSICS; MODELING STUDIES; NORTH AMERICAN; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RAIN RATES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL ADVECTION; WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIXING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84856954667     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016685     Document Type: Article

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