A mixed-layer model of the well-mixed stratocumulus-topped boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 171-187

  Pelly, J L ^a   Belcher, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Mixed layer model; Stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUXES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

MIXED-LAYER MODEL;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; MIXED LAYER; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0035400369     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019215221726     Document Type: Article

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