The Vertical Distribution of Heating in the Tropical Atmosphere

Abstract

The project has three major research goals: (1) Assist the planning of TOGA COARE; (2) Participate in the TOGA COARE field program; and (3) Carry out a research program using the TOGA COARE data set to examine the mean properties and vertical heating profiles of mesoscale and larger scale phenomena in the COARE region. The work will focus on exploring relationships between tropical weather systems in this region and larger scale forcing, and determining processes that affect the vertical structure of the tropical atmosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270452

Entities

People

  • John L. Mcbride
  • William M. Frank

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Atmospheres
  • Computations
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Energy
  • Factor Analysis
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Moisture
  • Open System Architecture
  • Radiosondes
  • Rainfall
  • Tropical Cyclones

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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