Analogies between mass-flux and Reynolds-averaged equations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1585-1598

  De Roode, Stephan R ^a,c   Duynkerke, Peter G ^a   Siebesma, A Pier ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CUMULUS CLOUD; MASS FLUX EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS AVERAGED EQUATIONS;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 0034192923     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1585:ABMFAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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