On the relationship between cloud-radiation interaction, atmospheric stability and Atlantic tropical cyclones in a variable-resolution climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1257-1269

  Caron, Louis Philippe ^a,b   Jones, Colin G ^c   Vaillancourt, Paul A ^d   Winger, Katja ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Cloud parametrization; Convection; Lapse rate; Radiation scheme; Tropical cyclones; Variable resolution climate model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84874330414     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1311-6     Document Type: Article

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