The Effective Static Stability Experienced by Eddies in a Moist Atmosphere

Water vapor directly affects the dynamics of atmospheric eddy circulations through the release of latent heat. But it is difficult to include latent heat release in dynamical theories because of the associated nonlinearity (precipitation generally occurs where there is upward motion). A new effect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Gorman, Paul
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological society 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65826
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-0816