Dynamics of cumulus rising into stratocumulus as observed during the first 'Lagrangian' experiment of ASTEX

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 535, 1996, Pages 1597-1623

  De Roode, Stephan R ^a,b   Duynkerke, Peter G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cloud dynamics; Cloud radiative properties; Cumulus penetration; Marine stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; LAGRANGIAN EXPERIMENT; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0030390538     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53506     Document Type: Article

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