What favors convective aggregation and why?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5626-5634

  Muller, Caroline ^a   Bony, Sandrine ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

cloud resolving model; radiative convective equilibrium; radiative convective instability; self aggregation; tropical convection

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; MOISTURE; STORMS;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SELF AGGREGATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

RADIATIVE COOLING;

AGGREGATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ENERGY FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE FLUX; RADIATION BUDGET; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84938150157     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064260     Document Type: Article

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