Convective quasi-equilibrium

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yano, J I ^a   Plant, R S ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; DYNAMIC BALANCE; DYNAMICAL BALANCE; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICALITY; SLOW MANIFOLDS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL DYNAMICS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84870270927     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011RG000378     Document Type: Article

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