The turbulent kinetic energy budget for shallow cumulus convection

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 597 PART B, 2004, Pages 401-422

  Grant, A L M ^a   Lock, A P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloudy boundary layer; Large eddy simulations; Similarity theory

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE;

MASS-FLUX APPROXIMATION;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTION; CUMULUS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MASS BALANCE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 1642305621     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.50     Document Type: Article

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