Large-eddy simulation and parametrization of the effects of shear on shallow cumulus convection

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-80

  Brown, A R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulus; Large eddy simulation; Parametrization; Shear

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SHEAR;

EID: 0032726408     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001836612775     Document Type: Article

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