Water isotopic variability in response to mesoscale convective system over the tropical ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10,376-10,390

  Kurita, Naoyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amount effect; tropical convection; water isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; RAIN; STORMS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; VAPORS;

AMOUNT EFFECTS; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC CONCENTRATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WATER ISOTOPE;

ISOTOPES;

CLIMATIC REGION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STRATIFIED FLUID; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84886039122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50754     Document Type: Article

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