A moisture budget perspective of the amount effect

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1329-1335

  Moore, M ^a   Kuang, Z ^a,b   Blossey, P N ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

amount effect; stable water isotopes; tropical convection

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; RAIN;

AMOUNT EFFECTS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; PRECIPITATION RATES; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; SURFACE EVAPORATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

VAPORS;

CONDENSATION; DOMINANCE; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TIMESCALE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84894257904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058302     Document Type: Article

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