Analysis of astex-stratocumulus observational data using a mass-flux approach

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-87

  De Laat, A T J ^a   Duynkerke, Peter G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conditional sampling; Lateral entrainment; Mass flux; Stratocumulus; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ASTEX; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031778185     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000624004907     Document Type: Article

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