CAPE in tropical cyclones

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2452-2463

  Molinari, John ^a   Romps, David M ^b,c   Vollaro, David ^a   Nguyen, Leon ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; CAPE; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CAPE; CONDENSATE RETENTION; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE INTENSITY; DEEP CONVECTION; ENTRAINMENT RATES; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUOYANCY; HURRICANES;

LOADING;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENTRAINMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPDRAFT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84867944857     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0254.1     Document Type: Article

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