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Observational Evidence for Relationships between the Degree of Aggregation of Deep Convection, Water Vapor, Surface Fluxes, and Radiation
Description: This study investigates the relationships between the spatial organization of deep convection and the large-scale atmospheric state. By using several satellite datasets and reanalyses, and by defining a simple diagnostic of convective aggregation, relationships between the degree of convective aggregation and the amount of water vapor, turbulent surface fluxes, and radiation are highlighted above tropical oceans. [Source: Journal of Climate]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00258.1
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Source: Journal of Climate
Publish Date: 4/12/2012
Reading Level: Expert
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