Size statistics of cumulus cloud populations in large-eddy simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1060-1074

  Neggers, R A J ^a   Jonker, H J J ^b   Siebesma, A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOUD SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CUMULUS CLOUD POPULATIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES);

CLOUDS;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0141438232     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)60<1060:SSOCCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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