Numerical simulations of convective equilibrium under prescribed forcing

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2767-2787

  Shutts, G J ^a   Gray, M E B ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Convective scaling; Energy cascade; Energy spectra

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; KINETIC ENERGY;

EID: 0033402216     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55920     Document Type: Article

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