The generation of turbulence and entrainment by buoyancy reversal

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 555, 1999, Pages 1017-1038

  Lock, A P ^a   Macvean, M K ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Buoyancy reversal; Cloud capped boundary layer; Entrainment; Evaporative cooling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; ENTRAINMENT; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032809556     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55512     Document Type: Article

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