A similarity hypothesis for shallow-cumulus transports

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 558, 1999, Pages 1913-1936

  Grant, A L M ^a   Brown, A R ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cumulus convection; Entrainment; Mass flux; Shallow convection; Similarity theory

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; TRADE WIND;

EID: 0032741170     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55801     Document Type: Article

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