Modeling the interaction between quasigeostrophic vertical motion and convection in a single column

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1101-1117

  Nie, Ji ^a   Sobel, Adam H ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageostrophic circulations; Atm ocean structure phenomena; Circulation dynamics; Convection; Diabatic heating; Models and modeling; Quasigeostrophic models; Vertical motion

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK; HEAT CONVECTION; PLASMA THEORY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATIONS; CLOUD RESOLVING SIMULATIONS; DIABATIC HEATING; LARGE-SCALE PERTURBATIONS; LINEAR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WEAK TEMPERATURE GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS;

HEATING;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLUMN; DIABATIC PROCESS; HEATING; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 84962206276     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0205.1     Document Type: Article

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