Updraft buoyancy within and moistening by cumulonimbi prior to MJO convective onset in a regional model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2913-2934

  Powell, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE EVENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; REGIONAL MODEL; SHALLOW CLOUDS; TRANSITION PERIOD; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTENING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BUOYANCY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CUMULONIMBUS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPDRAFT;

EID: 84977589296     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0326.1     Document Type: Article

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