Mechanisms of convective cloud organization by cold pools over tropical warm ocean during the AMIE/DYNAMO field campaign

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 357-381

  Feng, Zhe ^a   Hagos, Samson ^a   Rowe, Angela K ^b   Burleyson, Casey D ^a   Martini, Matus N ^a   De Szoeke, Simon P ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud process; cold pool; convective organization; precipitation; tropical convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BALLOONS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; LAKES; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUD PROCESS; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; FLOW VELOCITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OUTFLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85027952454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000384     Document Type: Article

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