On bulk models of shallow cumulus convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3286-3302

  Bellon, Gilles ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MASS-FLUX PARAMETERIZATIONS; SHALLOW CUMULUS CONVECTION; TURBULENT MIXING; TWO-LAYER BULK MODELS;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 20544449633     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3427.1     Document Type: Article

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