Entrainment in stratocumulus-topped mixed layers

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 586 PART B, 2002, Pages 2663-2690

  Stevens, Bjorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Clouds; Mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; WATER;

STRATOCUMULUS-TOPPED MIXED LAYERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; ENTRAINMENT; MIXED LAYER; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0036820811     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.202     Document Type: Article

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