Large-eddy simulations of strongly precipitating, shallow, stratocumulus-topped boundary layers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3616-3638

  Stevens, Bjorn ^a,d   Cotton, William R ^b   Feingold, Graham ^c   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COOLING; HEATING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

MOISTENING;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD WATER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0033489845     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3616:LESOSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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