Characteristics of tropical and subtropical atmospheric moistening derived from Lagrangian mass balance constrained by measurements of HDO and H 2O

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-72

  Brown, Derek ^a   Worden, John ^b   Noone, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

clouds; convection; HDO; isotopes; mixing; water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; HEAT CONVECTION; ISOTOPES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LASERS; MIXING; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN; VAPORS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER VAPOR;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HDO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; PROFILE MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CONDENSATE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE; MIXING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84877988079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018507     Document Type: Article

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