PBL stratiform cloud inhomogeneities thermally induced by the orography: A parameterization for climate models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 644-663

  Terra, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CLOUD SYSTEM RESOLVING MODEL (CSRM); PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER (PBL) STRATIFORM CLOUDS; THERMAL CIRCULATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 1842732684     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0644:PSCITI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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