Impact of convective organization on the response of tropical precipitation extremes to warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5028-5043

  Muller, Caroline ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE MASS FLUX; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; RATE OF INCREASE; SURFACE HUMIDITY; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; VERTICAL SHEAR;

AMPLIFICATION; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER VAPOR;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SQUALL LINE; THERMODYNAMICS; WARMING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84880663322     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00655.1     Document Type: Article

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