A scaling hypothesis for moist convective updraughts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 575, 2001, Pages 1551-1570

  Stiller, O ^a   Craig, G C ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Similarity theory; Thermal

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; MOISTURE FLUX; UPDRAFT;

EID: 0035390482     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57504     Document Type: Article

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