Modeling a stratocumulus-topped PBL: Intercomparison among different one-dimensional codes and with large eddy simulation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2033-2042

  Bechtold, P ^a,h   Krueger, S K ^b   Lewellen, W S ^c   Van Meijgaard, E ^d   Moeng, C H ^e   Randall, D A ^f   Van Ulden, A ^d   Wang, S ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD FRACTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030405188     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2033:MASTPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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