Turbulent transport in fields of warm cumulus clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 546, 1998, Pages 363-387

  Pasquier, Jacques R M ^a   Jonas, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud top entrainment; Convective boundary layer; Large eddy simulation; Turbulence statistics

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TOP ENTRAINMENT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031747297     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54601     Document Type: Article

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