Transport from convective overshooting of the extratropical tropopause and the role of large-scale lower stratosphere stability

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2220-2240

  Homeyer, Cameron R ^a   Pan, Laura L ^a   Barth, Mary C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BULK MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; EXTRATROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; GRAVITY-WAVE BREAKING; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; TROPOPAUSE; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GRAVITY WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE BREAKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84898464502     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020931     Document Type: Article

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