Sounding-based thermodynamic budgets for DYNAMO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 598-622

  Johnson, Richard H ^a   Ciesielski, Paul E ^a   Ruppert, James H ^a   Katsumata, Masaki ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE HEATING; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; DEEP CONVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; RADIATIVE HEATING; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84923106974     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0202.1     Document Type: Article

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