Moist recirculation and water vapor transport on dry isentropes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 875-890

  Laliberté, Frédéric ^a   Shaw, Tiffany ^b   Pauluis, Olivier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Energy transport; Extratropical cyclones; Isentropic analysis; Meridional overturning circulation; Moisture moisture budget

Indexed keywords

AIR PARCELS; DEEP CONVECTION; ENERGY TRANSPORT; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; HADLEY CELLS; ISENTROPES; ISENTROPIC; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MIDLATITUDES; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; REANALYSIS; RECIRCULATIONS; SLANTWISE CONVECTION; STORM TRACK; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; SEPARATION; STORMS;

VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OVERTURN; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84858226579     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0124.1     Document Type: Article

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