The heated condensation framework. Part II: Climatological behavior of convective initiation and land-atmosphere coupling over the conterminous United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1946-1961

  Tawfik, Ahmed B ^a,c   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Santanello, Joseph A ^b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Boundary layer; Convection; Convective clouds; Convective scale processes; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONDENSATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE;

GREAT PLAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947566659     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0118.1     Document Type: Article

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