MSE minus CAPE is the true conserved variable for an adiabatically lifted parcel

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3639-3646

  Romps, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective scale processes

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ENTROPY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESS; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; NEUTRAL BUOYANCY; NON-HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONISOTHERMAL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENTROPY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84945134512     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0054.1     Document Type: Article

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