Environment and the lifetime of tropical deep convection in a cloud-permitting regional model simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2409-2425

  Hagos, Samson ^a   Feng, Zhe ^a   Mcfarlane, Sally ^a   Leung, L Ruby ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-TRACKING ALGORITHMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; PROPAGATION SPEED; REGIONAL MODEL;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 84883773918     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0260.1     Document Type: Article

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