The heated condensation framework. Part I: Description and southern great plains case study

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1929-1945

  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; Convective clouds; Convective scale processes; Hydrometeorology; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONDENSATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HEATING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SURFACE FLUX;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84947575094     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0117.1     Document Type: Article

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