A high-resolution simulation of convective roll clouds during a cold-air outbreak

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Liu, A Q ^a   Moore, G W K ^a   Tsuboki, K ^b   Renfrew, I A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLOUD STREETS; MOMENTUM FIELDS; ROLL CLOUDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COLD AIR; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 18244431009     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018530     Document Type: Article

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