An analytical study of cumulus onset

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 543, 1997, Pages 1945-1960

  Haiden, Thomas ^a,b  

^a NOAA ERL Environ Technol Lab   (United States)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bowen ratio; Convective boundary layer; Equilibrium level; Lifting condensation level; Parametrization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042098044     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54308     Document Type: Article

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