A test of the advection-condensation model for subtropical water vapor using stable isotopologue observations from Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Hurley, John V ^a,b   Galewsky, Joseph ^a   Worden, John ^c   Noone, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUILDINGS; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; ISOTOPES; MIXING; OBSERVATORIES; STORMS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR PARCELS; EULERIAN MODELS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIRST ORDER; FREE TROPOSPHERE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPOLOGUES; LAGRANGIAN; MAUNA LOA; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIDLATITUDES; RADIATIVE BALANCE; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; SATURATION MODEL; STABLE ISOTOPES; STORM TRACK; SUBTROPICAL WATER; WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION;

VAPORS;

ADVECTION; CONDENSATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIATION BALANCE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER VAPOR;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867636865     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018029     Document Type: Article

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