Toward a unified parameterization of the boundary layer and moist convection. Part I: A new type of mass-flux model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2021-2036

  Lappen, C L ^a   Randall, D A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

HIGHER-ORDER CLOSURE (HOC) MODELS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS (PBL);

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0035418194     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2021:TAUPOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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