Heat and moisture budgets of tropical mesoscale anvil clouds.

R. H. Johnson; G. S. Young

doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1983)040<2138:HAMBOT>2.0.CO;2

Heat and moisture budgets of tropical mesoscale anvil clouds.

R. H. Johnson, G. S. Young

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Abstract

Mesoscale anvils, defined as widespread (ca.100 km) cloud systems extending from near the freezing level to the high troposphere, are characterized by light, stratiform precipitation. These cloud features, which are preceded by and generally merged with cumulonimbus clouds, are prevalent throughout the tropics and summertime midlatitudes and may account for an important fraction of the total tropical rainfall. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2138-2147
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume	40
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1983)040<2138:HAMBOT>2.0.CO;2
State	Published - Jan 1 1983

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Johnson, R. H., & Young, G. S. (1983). Heat and moisture budgets of tropical mesoscale anvil clouds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 40(9), 2138-2147. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1983)040<2138:HAMBOT>2.0.CO;2

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