Including radiative effects in an entrainment rate formula for buoyancy-driven PBLs

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1031-1049

  Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a   Sullivan, Peter P ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ENTRAINMENT RATE FORMULA; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0033560452     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1031:IREIAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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