Numerical simulation of the diurnal cycle of marine stratocumulus during FIRE - An LES and SCM modelling study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3297-3321

  Chlond, Andreas ^a   Müller, Frank ^a   Sednev, Igor ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer clouds; Parametrization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

DIURNAL CYCLES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES) MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844275218     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.128     Document Type: Article

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