Open AccessA 3‐hourly data set of tropical atmospheric convection
Author(s) -
Balcerak Ernie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo260012
Subject(s) - convection , environmental science , atmospheric convection , atmospheric sciences , climatology , meteorology , momentum (technical analysis) , deep convection , climate model , climate change , geology , geography , oceanography , finance , economics
Atmospheric convection transports heat, momentum, and moisture and plays an important role in processes such as cloud formation and rainfall distribution. Improving understanding of convection on large scales could help improve weather and climate models.