The parametrization of entrainment in cloudy boundary layers

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 552, 1998, Pages 2729-2753

  Lock, A P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Large eddy simulation; Stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0032452307     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55209     Document Type: Article

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