An eddy-diffusivity/mass-flux parametrization for dry and shallow cumulus convection

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3365-3383

  Soares, P M M ^a,b,e   Miranda, P M A ^a   Siebesma, A P ^c   Teixeira, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Clouds; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

CLOUD LAYERS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT TRANSPORT;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 13844264455     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.223     Document Type: Article

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