A climatology of convective available potential energy in Great Britain

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3811-3824

  Holley, D M ^a   Dorling, S R ^a   Steele, C J ^a   Earl, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAPE; CIN; Climatology; Spanish plume; Thunderstorm; WRF

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CAPE; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; INTERACTIVE NESTING; SPANISH PLUME; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 84930384258     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3976     Document Type: Article

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