A numerical model of the cloud-topped planetary boundary-layer: Radiation, turbulence and spectral microphysics in marine stratus

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 531, 1996, Pages 635-667

  Bott, A ^a   Trautmann, T ^a   Zdunkowski, W ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud microphysics; Marine boundary layer; Stratiform clouds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUD MODEL; CLOUD TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYER; DROPLET GROWTH EQUATION; MARINE STRATUS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

EID: 0029749625     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53104     Document Type: Article

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