Effects of rotation and mid-troposphere moisture on organized convection and convectively coupled gravity waves

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 937-960

  Majda, Andrew J ^a,b   Khouider, Boualem ^c   Frenkel, Yevgeniy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestus clouds; Convectively coupled waves; Organized convection; Rotation effects; Stochastic parametrization; Tropical circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939890232     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2222-5     Document Type: Article

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