Moist convective scaling: Some inferences from three-dimensional cloud ensemble simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3265-3275

  Robe, Françoise R ^a   Emanuel, Kerry A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODEL; CLOUD MASS; CONVECTION; HEAT BUDGET; MOIST CONVECTION; RADIATIVE COOLING; RADIATIVE FORCING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0030357287     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3265:MCSSIF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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