A quantitative investigation of entrainment and detrainment in numerically simulated cumulonimbus clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1657-1674

  Cohen, Charles ^a,b  

^a Inst Global Change Res and Educ   (United States)

^b Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TROPICS;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULONIMBUS; ENTRAINMENT;

EID: 0034192924     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1657:AQIOEA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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