The parametrization of entrainment driven by surface heating and cloud-top cooling

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 553, 1999, Pages 271-299

  Lock, A P ^a   Macvean, M K ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cloud top radiative cooling; Convective boundary layer; Entrainment; Large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; COOLING; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; WARMING;

EID: 0032936767     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55313     Document Type: Article

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