A simple formulation for the eddy-diffusivity parameterization of cloud-topped boundary layers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Cheinet, S ^a   Teixeira, J ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE; AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING;

DIFFUSIVITY; BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD-TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDY BOUNDARY LAYERS; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; MIXING LENGTH; MIXING-LENGTH FORMULATIONS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

GEOPHYSICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0347542676     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017377     Document Type: Article

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