Influence of large-scale advective cooling and moistening effects on the quasi-equilibrium behavior of explicitly simulated cumulus ensembles

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 896-909

  Xu, Kuan Man ^a   Randall, David A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE COOLING; CLOUD; CUMULUS;

EID: 0031860283     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0896:IOLSAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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