Improved mixing representation in Emanuel's convection scheme

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3207-3222

  Grandpeix, Jean Yves ^a   Phillips, V ^b   Tailleux, R ^a,c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cumulus parametrization; Entrainment; Mixing; Tropospheric humidity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BELL-SHAPED FUNCTIONS; DEEP CONVECTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); THRESHOLD VALUES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; CUMULUS; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 13844253553     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.144     Document Type: Article

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