A mechanism of tropical convection inferred from observed variability in the moist static energy budget

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3747-3766

  Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a   L'Ecuyer, Tristan S ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Large scale motions; Satellite observations; Thermodynamics; Tropics

Indexed keywords

THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICS;

LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84907442799     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0015.1     Document Type: Article

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