A large eddy simulation intercomparison study of shallow cumulus convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1201-1219

  Pier Siebesma, A ^a   Bretherton, Christopher S ^b   Brown, Andrew ^c   Chlond, Andreas ^d   Cuxart, Joan ^e   Duynkerke, Peter G ^f   Jiang, Hongli ^g   Khairoutdinov, Marat ^g   Lewellen, David ^h   Moeng, Chin Hoh ⁱ   Sanchez, Enrique ^j   Stevens, Bjorn ^k   Stevens, David E ^l  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^h WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES);

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CUMULUS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRADE WIND; UPDRAFT;

EID: 0037931961     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)60<1201:ALESIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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