An intercomparison of radiatively driven entrainment and turbulence in a smoke cloud, as simulated by different numerical models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 554, 1999, Pages 391-423

  Bretherton, C S ^a   Macvean, M K ^b   Bechtold, P ^b   Chlond, A ^b   Cotton, W R ^b   Cuxart, J ^b   Cuijpers, H ^b   Khairoutdinov, M ^b   Kosovic, B ^b   Lewellen, D ^b   Moeng, C H ^b   Siebesma, P ^b   Stevens, B ^b   Stevens, D E ^b   Sykes, I ^b   Wyant, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Entrainment; Large eddy simulation; Stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032966425     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55401     Document Type: Article

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